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Antiquarian    Papers 


VOL.     I. 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     OCTOBER,     1879. 


NO.    I. 


History  of  Mr.  Hammatt's  House. 


By  tJu    lati    Mr.  Abraham   Hammatt. 


The  bouse  v\as  possessed,  and  probably  built, 
1>\  tin-  Hon'ble  Col.  John  Appleton,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Apple  ton  who  was  born  at  Little  Walding- 
field,  England,  158G,  and  came  to  America,  and 
settled  in  [pswicb  with  bis  father,  Samuel  Apple- 
ton,  in  1  635.  IK'  was  married  Nov.  23,  1681 ,  to 
Elizabeth,  daughter  to  John  Rogers,  President  of 
Harvard  College.  He  died  Sept.  11.  1739,  aged 
-7.  His  wife  died  iii  1754,  aged  91.  By  his 
will,  hated  Feb.  8,  17.il.  he  bequeaths  to  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  (besides  various  other  propert}',) 
'•the  Mansion  house  and  all  the  buil  lings  and 
hind  Rdjoiuiug,  which  is  my  orchard,  during  her 
natural  life."  He  bequeaths  to  his  son  Daniel 
the  mansion  house  after  his  wife's  decease  ;  and 
makes  him  residuary  legatee. 

(  ol.  Daniel  Appleton,  son  ofJohn  and  Eliza- 
beth, died  1702,  intestate.  Lie  married  in  171."). 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Berry  of  ( Cambridge,  who  outlived 
him.  and  became  Ilia  administratrix.  In  the  ap- 
praisal of  the  estate,  the  mansion  house  and  home- 
l  with  other  buildings,  are  appraised  at 
£206,  13,   Id. 

"Jan.  19,  1768.  John  Walley  of  Boston  clerk, 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife ;  Mary  Appleton  of  Ips- 
i,- single  worn  an  ;  (he  said  Elizabeth  and  Mary 
being  the  children  and  heirs  of  Daniel  Appleton, 
late  of  Ipswich  deceased,  convey  to  Daniel  Noyes 
of  Ipswieh,  in  consideration  of  £2f»fi,  !•">.  I:  .Tolm 


and  Elizabeth  one  half,  Mary  the  other  half;  a 
piece  of  land  in  Ipswich,  containing  two  acres 
more  or  less,  with  the  buildings  thereon,  bounded 
viz.,  southeasterly  on  the  street;  southwesterly 
and  northwesterly  on  land  of  Benja.  Dutch  ;  north 
easterly  on  land  of  Daniel  Rogers  to  first  men- 
tioned bounds.  And  Elizabeth  Appleton  widow, 
in  consideration  of  five  shillings,  acquits  all  right 

of  dower,"    iXc. 

When  the  property  came  into  the  possession  of 
Daniel  N<>\e->.  Esq.,  the  house  was  of  three  sto- 
ries, and  much  decayed.  He  reduced  it  to  two 
stories,  and  put  it  in  thorough  repair,  making 
new  windows  and  window  frame-,  new  sills  and 
replacing  the  lower  posts  of  the  frame,  which  had 
decayed. 

From  the  state  of  decay  in  which  the  house  was 
when  Mr.  Noyes  purchased  it.  there  is  reason  to 
infer  that  it  could  not  have  been  less  than  eighty 
or  ninety  years  old.  and  it  was  built  aboul  the 
lime  John  Appleton  was  married,  in  1681. 

When  in  1838  I  repaired  the  house  I  put  in 
new  windows  and  window-frames,  clapboarded 
the  whole  house  and  wood-house,  and  built  the 
portico  at  the  front  door.  I  found  at  that  time 
the  sills  and  posts  of  the  frame  which  Mr.  Noyes 
had  put  in  were  quite  free  from  decay.  The 
north  easterly  parlor,  the  chamber  over  it,  with 
the  front  entry  and  staircase,  are.  I  presume,  as 
they  were  when  the  house  was  built.  The  south- 
easterly parlor  appears  to  be  more  recent.  The 
chamber  over  il  had  never  1 n    finished  when    I 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     OCTOBER,     1879. 


came  into  possession  of  the  house  in  183").  The 
chamber  over  the  kitchen  I  refinished,  and  made 
the  passage  to  it  from  the  front  stairs  in  1838. 

This  house  is  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Dr.  Wildes. 
The  Ipswich  Chronicle,  of  April  26,  1*7'.),  has 
the  following  interesting  paragraph  concerning  it: 

';  The  house  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Wildes  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Central  and  Main  streets  is  being  repaired. 
In  tearing  out  the  old  work,  a  variety  of  curiosi- 
ties were  found.  In  the  ceiling  were  several  old 
coins  ;  one  bore  the  date,  1G57.  They  were  most- 
ly French  coins.  In  a  chimney  were  bricks  with 
various  marks  and  designs.  One  had  an  arrow  ; 
another  a  heart.  In  the  garret  was  an  old  fash- 
ioned valise  or  saddle  bag.  Some  of  the  relies 
were  sent  to  the  Manning  Cabinet." 

"Sept.  12.  17-S").  Were  drowned  in  Plumb 
Island  River,  Mr.  Philip  Lord,  jr.,  aged  .°>7  or  N, 
he  left  a  sorrowful  wife  and  nine  small  children  ; 
also  Thomas  and  Josiah  Lord,  sons  of  Mr.  Sam'l 
Lord,  the  first  about  27,  the  other  about  22  yrs 
of  age.  Also  Isaac  Galloway,  youngest  son  of 
Widow  Galloway,  aged  12  or  14  years.  The 
three  fust  belonged  to  the  South  Parish  in  this 
Town." — Rev.  Mr.  Frisbie's  Records. 


"Jan.  16,  1701.  Heard  Mr.  Rogers  preach 
the  last  sermon  in  the  old  meeting  house,  [Ips- 
wich.] before  it  was  torn  down.  On  the  19th  of 
the  same  month  the  first  sermon  was  preached  in 
the  New  Meeting  House." — Sewall's  I)iarv. 


Historical  Sketch:  By  Mrs.  E.  C.  CowlesI 
Read  at  the  Sixtieth  Anniversary  of  the  First 
Church  Sunday  School,  1878.  A  vivid  and  liv- 
ing story  of  the  school,  which  would  soon  have 
been  forgotten,  but  will  now  he  kept  for  the  anni- 
versaries to  come. 


Ool.    Nath'l   Wade. 


Inscription  copied  from  his   gravestone  in   the 
South  burying  yard  : 

Erected  to  the  memory 
of  Col.  Nathaniel  Wade, 
who  died  Oct.  26,  1826, 
aged  77. 
A  distinguished  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He 
commenced  his  career  of  Military  service  in  the 
Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  as  Capt.  of  the  company  of 
Minute  Men,  raised  in  this  town  ;  and  was  after- 
wards in  the  actions  of  Long  Island,  Haerlem, 
and  the  White  Plains.  Advanced  to  the  rank  of 
Colonel  in  the  Continental  Army,  he  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  whole  campaign  at  Rhode  Island. 
After  the  establishment  of  National  Independence 
he  was  successively  called  to  many  important 
civil  ollices,  the  duties  of  which  he  performed  with 
scrupulous  fidelity.  To  a  remarkable  equanimity 
and  mildness  of  temper,  he  united  an  intrepidity 
which  no  danger  could  subdue.  Kind  and  affec- 
tionate, he  possessed  the  Love  of  his  Friends. 
Just,  open,  and  sincere,  he  won  the  respect,  es- 
teem and  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens. 


Dr.  Francis  Hoj.mes,  born  1706,  and  died 
May  12,  17">N,  owned  and  lived  in  the  ancient 
house  yet  standing  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Summer  street. 


Smith  Families.  We  are  collecting  Geneal- 
ogical Records  of  the  Smiths  of  Ipswich.  We 
solicit  information  from  any  persons  whocanenve 
it :  copies  of  records,  <&c. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQ1  AR1  \  \     PAP]  RS,     0(  fOBER,     1879. 


The    Ipswich    Paines. 


Dr.  Heniy  I).  Paine  of  Few  York  city,  is  pub- 
lishing a  Quarterly,  entitled  "  Paine    Family   Re- 
Is."     It  includes  the  Genealogical  History   of 
the  [pswich  Branch  of  the  Family. 

N       arly  Ipswich  name  is    held  in   higher    res- 
■  than  Wn.i  i  \m   Paini  .  who  with  his  brother 
Robert  aided  so  largely    in    establishing   and  en- 
dowing the  <  Jraramar  School. 

In  1639-40  William  Paine  came  to  Ipswich. 
He  was  preceded  by  his  brother  Robert,  and  his 
sister  Phebe,  wife  of  John  Page. 

Albert  W.  Paine,  Esq.,  who  is  thoroughly  in- 
ng  the  Ipswich  Branch,  says  :  ••  A  visit- 
or to  Ipswich  will  find  an  old  school  house  still 
standing  on  "Paine  street,"  on  the  same  lot 
which  he  selected  and  gave  to  the  town  when  he 
and  other-  endowed  the  Ipswich  Free  School.  I 
building  is  not  the  same  of  course,  bul  the  lot  is 
identical,  and  the  school  has  ever  since  been 
maintained  until  within  a  few  years,  when  the 
fund  was  consolidated  with  another  recently  pre- 
sented tor  the  pame  purpose,  and  a  newandmuch 
more  elegant  and  convenhrt  building  erected  for 
the  school.  The  fund,  however,  still  lives  after 
two  and  a  quarter  centuries,  producing  now  its 
Biinual    income   ['<»■   the  purpose   originally   pre- 

'    i-       From  a   hill  near  by  can   he  seen    ill     the 

distance,    at    the    month    of  the   river,  the  lot  of 
land,  now  dotted  with  residences   for  summer    re 
sort,  known  as  JefTeries  Neck,  the  lot  bequeathed 

I  in  trust  lor  the  school  by  .Mr.  Paine.  It  is  an- 
nually rented  In  the  F<  otic.-  of  the  <  irammar 
School." 


William    Paine    died   iii    Boston  ;  and    ai 


stone  in  tli.'   Granary    burying  yard,    marks   his 
grave,  presumably. 


The    Proctor   House. 


John  Pro  -tor  had  a  houselot,  "where  he  had  a 
house,"  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  "being  the 
lot  nearest  the  bridge,"  L635.  This  house  and 
lot  he  sold.  .May  1.  1647  to  Mr.  Thomas  Firman, 
when  it  is  thus  described  :  "A  dwelling  li 
with  about  two  acres  of  land,  being  the  lot  situ- 
ated next  southerly  to  where  the  -tone  1m 
now  is."  The  bridge  was  built  of  stone  in  L646. 
Mr.  Firman  died  about  1648.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  rendered  by  Smah  Firman,  his 
widow.  April  in.  L648.  The  "house  that  was 
<  foodman  Proctor's"  is  appraised  £18,  10. 

rhis  venerable  house  is  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  the  family  of  the  late  ('apt.  Samuel  X. 
Baker. 

1635.  Granted  to  Thomas  Wells,  one  house- 
lot,  one  acre  and  a  hall',  more  or  less,  lying  on 
the  further  side  of  the  river,  having  a  house  of 
John  Proctor  on  the  north ;  on  the  south  i 
houselot  of  Samuel  Youuglove  ;  on  the  cast  and 
west  encompassed  by  the  Town  river. 


^N  Old  Portrait.  Augustus  I).  Rogers, 
Esq.,  of  Salem,  has  in  his  possession  a  copy  of  an 
original  portrait  of  Rev.  John  Rogers  of  Dedham, 
1  land,  father  of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers  of 
Ipswich,  l636-af>.  The  original  portrait  was, 
in  1850,  in  the  Rogers  mansion,  Ivittery,  Me.     It 

bore     the    date.     1623.       Mr.     Rogers  ha-    also  an 

nd  coarse  engraving  of  the  I  ►edham  minister 

which  was  found  in  London  main  vearo a 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     TAPERS,     OCTOBER,     1879. 


Inscriptions. 

TRev.  Daniel  Rogers,  settled  as  Pastor  in 
Exeter,  N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1748.  Inscription  copied 
from  his  gravestone  in  Exeter.] 

"  Here   lie  the   Remains  of  the  Rev.   Daniel 
Rogers,  Pastor  of  a  church  gathered  in  this  place, 
1748,  who  died  Dec.  9,  1785,  aged  78  years.     He 
had  been  many  years  a  tutor  in  Harvard   College, 
was  a  pious,    faithful   minister    of  Jesus  Christ, 
and  a  worthy  son  of  John  Rogers,  Pastor   of   first 
church  in  Ipswich,  who  died   Dec.  28,    1745,    in 
Ins  80th  year,  who  was  a  son  of  John   Rogers  of 
the  same  place,  physician  and  preacher   of  God's 
word,   and  President   of  Harvard    College,  who 
died  July  2,  1684,  aged  54  years,  who  was  eldest 
son  of  the    Rev.    Nathaniel   Rogers,    who  came 
over  from  England  in   1636,    settled    at   Ipswich 
colleague  pastor  with  the  Rev.   Nathaniel   Ward, 
and  died  July  2,  1055,  aged   57   years,    who  was 
son  of  the  Rev.  John  Rogers,  a   famous  minister 
of  God's  word  at  Dedham,  in  England,  who    died 
Oct.  18,   1639,  aged  67  years,  who  was   grandson 
of  John   Rogers  of  London,  prebendaiy  of  St. 
Paul's,  vicar  of   St.    Sepulchres,  and    Reader    of 
Divinity,  who  was  burned  at  Smithfield,  Eel).  14-, 
1555.  first  Martyr  in  Queen  Mary's  Reign." 

[He  graduated  at  H.  C.  17.25,  in  the  class  with 
his  brother,  Dr.  Samuel  Rogers,  and  his  cousin, 
Daniel  Rogers,  minister  at  Littleton,  who  was  a 
son  of  Daniel  Rogers,  Esq.,  who  perished  in  a 
snow  storm  on  his  way  from  Salisbury  to  his 
home  in  Ipswich. 

The  connection  with  Martyr  Rogers  is  not 
confirmed  by  genealogical  investigation.] 

In  the  High  Street  burying  ground  is  a  stone 
with  this  Inscription  : 

Here  Lyes  Buried 
ye  body  of 


Daniel   Rogers,  Esq'r 

who  Dec'd  Decemb'r  ye  1st, 

1722,    vEtatis   56. 

Turbidus  ad  Lretos  Solari  Lumine  Portus 
Sollicitos  Nautas  per  mare  fert  Aquilo ; 
Me  Borealis  Agens  Nilidum  super  iFtheris  Axem 
Justitire  Solis  Luce  beavit  Hyems. 

The  Town  Record  renders  intelligible  the   latin 

epitaph:  "  Daniel  Rogers,  Esq'r,    was  frozen  to 

death  with  cold  ye  1st  day  of  December,   1722,  in 

ye  56  year  of  his  age,  as  he    was  coming  home 

from   Hampton,    loosing  his    way    on    Salisbury 

marshes.'' 


From  tie  Town  Records:  "Samuel  Norton 
died  October  5,  1  773.  The  first  person  buried  in 
ye  yard  on  the  South  side  of  the  river." 

The  following  Record  has  reference  to  the 
westerly  end  of  the  High  street  yard  :  "  Jonathan 
Ross  died  August  22,  1775,  ye  first  man  that  was 
buried  in  the  new  burying  yard." 

"Feb.  ye  9,  1782.  Capt.  John  Calef  was  drown- 
ed on  the  back  of  Plumb  Island  in  attempting  to 
go  on  shore  from  a  vessel  drove  upon  the  Beach, 
in  his  return  from  West  Indies  ;  he  was  the  oldest 
Son  of  Dr.  John  Calef  and  Mrs.  Dorothy  Calef 
of  Ipswich,  and^died  about  28  years  of  age."— 
Rev.  Mr.  Frisbie's  Records. 


Antiquarian   Papers,   Ipswich,  Mass. 
PUBLTSHED    MONTHLY. 


Augustine   Caldwell, 
•,-;.'/.  Ipswich,  Mas?. 


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^ntiquniiiin  pipers. 


VOL.     1 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     NOVEMBER,     1879. 


NO.    -'. 


The  above  View  of  Meeting  House  lldl.  I  839, 
(a  copj  of  an  engraving  in  Job n  Warner  Barber's 
Historical  Collections,  ivc.  of  everj  Town  in 
Massachi  setts :)  includes  the  Meeting  Hon-.'. 
Court  House,  residences  of  Joseph  Waite,  Dr. 
Thomas  Manning,  the  Female  Seminar}*,  &c. 


Ri  ceivi  i-.  Paine  Family  Records,  No.  ."». 
for  November.  Edited  by  Dr.  II.  I).  Paine,  26 
W<  jl  80tb  street,  New  fork.  The  Ipswich  Fam- 
ily is  traced  by  A.  W.  Paine,  Esq. Bangor,  Me. 


Address, 

Delivered  <>,,  the  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  tin-  Foundation  <>f  the  Grammar  School  h> 
Ipswich.   Instituted  Jan.   11-21,  ]>;:><>  r>l. 

V.\     ABRAHAM     1IAMMATT. 

[Printed  from  (If  MS  ;,,  Public  Library."] 
It  appears  from  <>ur  Records  *-that  there  was  a 
Grammar  School  set  up  in  ye  year  1  ';."••'.."  three 
years  after  John  Winthrop  the  younger,  with  his 
twelve  companions  commenced  a  settlement  in 
tlii>  place.  This  School  was  probably  not  a  free 
school  according  to  our  acceptation  of  the  expres- 
sion, as  theredoes  not  appear  to  have  been  any 
public  provision  made  tor  its  support.  It  was 
kept  by  Liouel Chute,  whodied  1644,  after  which 
event  theredoes  not  appear  to  have  been  any  pub- 
lic school  until  the  establishment  of  this  institu- 
tion. To  the  benevolence  ami  personal  exertions 
of  Robert  Payne,  aided  by  hi-  brother  William 
Payne,  William  Hubbard  and  a  tew  other-,  we 
are  indebted  I'm  the  endowment  <>!'  thi-  establish- 
ment . 

In  the  preamble  to  the  deed  by  which  Robert 
Payne  convej's  to  the  Feoffees  the  land,  on  part 
of  which  the  school  house  now  stands,  and  fnun 
the  product  of  which  most  of  the  income  of  the 
institution  is  now  derived,  the  principle  circum- 
stances connected  with  the  foundation  are  thus  re- 
lated: ••  Whereas  after  several  overtures  and  en- 
deavors among  ye  Inhabitants  of  s,i  rpswich  for 
settling  a  Grammar  School  in  thai  place,  it  was 
proffered  by  ye  s.l  Robert  That  he  would  erect  an 


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edifice  for  such  a  purpose,  Provided  it  might  be 
put  into  ye  hands  of  certain  discreet  and  faithfull 
persons  of  ye  sd  Town  and  their  successors  which 
himself  should  nominate  to  be  ordered  and  man- 
aged by  them  as  Feoti'ees  in  trust  for  that  end 
and  their  successors  forever,  Provided  also  that 
ye  Town  or  any  particular  inhabitants  of  ye  Town 
would  devote,  sett  apart  and  give  any  land  or 
other  annity  for  ye  yearly  maintenance  of  such 
one  as  should  be  fitt  to  keep  a  Grammar  School. 
And  whereas  sd  Town  of  Ipswich  at  a  publick 
meeting  of  ye  Inhabitants,  January  11,  1650, 
Granted  all  that  Neck  beyond  Chebacco  River, 
and  the  rest  of  Ihe  ground  (up  toGlocesUr  line,) 
adjoining  to  it,  to  ye  sd  Robert  Payne  and  Wil- 
liam Payne  to  whom  by  ye  desire  Consent  of  ye 
sd  Town  att  ye  same  time  were  added  Maj.  Deni- 
son  and  William  Bartholmew  for  ye  use  of  a 
school."  "  And  also  ye  inhabitants  of  sd  Ips- 
wich att  a  publick  meeting,  Jan.  2G,  1650,  did 
add  live  more,  viz.  Mr.  Symonds,  Mr.  Nathaniel 
Rogers,  Mr.  John  Norton,  Mr.  William  Hubbard 
and  Deacon  John  Whipple."  '■  And  that  ye  sd 
Robert  did  in  ye  year  following,  viz  ,  1652,  pur- 
chase an  house  with  two  acres  of  land  belonging 
to  it,  more  or  less,  for  ye  use  of  ye  school  master, 
and  did  likewise  in  ye  succeeding  year,  1653,  att 
his  own  proper  cost  and  charge  build  an  edifice 
for  a  Grammar  School  which  was  erected  upon  a 
part  of  ye  land  so  purchased." 

It  appears  also  from  our  Records,  that  "Mr. 
William  Hubbard  gives  about  an  acre  of  land  ad- 
joining to  ye  said  School  Master's  house  about  ye 
same  time." 

William  Payne  gave  the  Island  at  the  mouth  of 
the  river  called  Little  Neck. 


Mr.  John  Cross  in  December,  1660,  secured  on 
his  farm  near  Rowley,  the  payment  of  "ten  shill- 
ings yearly  towards  a  free  school;"  and  in  his 
will  made  about  the  same  time,  he  bequeaths  to 
his  daughter  Susanna,  wrho  appears  to  have  been 
his  only  child,  his  farm  and  other  property  with 
one  hundred  pounds  after  his  wife's  decease,  to 
which  bequest  he  adds  this  condition:  "But  in 
case  my  said  daughter  doth  depart  this  life  with- 
out issue  leaving  behind  her,  then  my  will  is  to 
give  the  said  hundred  pounds  to  the  Town  of 
Ipswich,  to  remain  to  vards  the  maintenance  of  a 
free  school  forever.  The  which  is  to  be  ordered 
and  disposed  of  by  the  church  of  Ipswich  for  the 
said  work."  The  contingency  here  contemplated 
did  not  happen.  The  daughter  married  and  re- 
moved from  Ipswich.  In  1706,  Thomas  Ham- 
mond her  son,  returned  and  took  possession  of 
the  farm  and  other  property,  "being  the  only 
heir  of  his  grandfather,  John  Cross." 

Ror.Eirr  Pa  xk,  the  principal  benefctor  and 
founder  ot  the  School,  was  one  of  the  wealthiest  of 
the  early  settlers  of  this  town.  In  a  subscription 
by  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  of  the  inhabitants 
in  16 18,  by  which  they  enter  into  an  engagement 
with  Major  Denison  to  pay  him  a  certain  sum  an- 
nually, "to  encourage  him  in  his  Military  help- 
fulness," the  sum  subscribed  by  him  is  the  great- 
est on  the  list.  He  was  a  ruling  elder  of  the 
church,  ranking  in  dignity  between  the  minister 
and  deacon.  He  was  representative  of  the  town 
three  years,  16-17,  8,  9;  County  Treasurer  from 
1665  to  1683,  when  he  resigned  the  oflice.  He  died 
in  1684,  aged  83    years.      He  left  Two   sons   John 


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and  Robert,  both  of  whom  were    Feoffeea   of  this 
institution. 

William  l'avn.'.   brother   to  Robert,    seems   to 
have   possessed    considerable    property,     and  to 
have  been  active  in  enterprises  calculated  to  pro 
mote  the  public  welfare.     He  removed   to  Boston 
about  1656,  where  be  died*  October  10,  1660.  Be- 

-  his  liberal  bequesl  to  this  institution,  be 
feve  twenty  pounds  to  Harvard  College. 

William  Hubbard,  the  other  original  benefac- 
tor of  this  institution,  came  to  Boston  in  1630, 
ami  settled  in  this  town  in  1635.  He  was  Deputy 
to  the  General  Court  six  years  between  1638  and 
1640.  He  was  in  1651  commissioned  by  the  Gen- 
eral Court  to    marry    people,    clergymen    in    that 

not  being  allowed  to  perform  the  marriage 
ceremony.  lie  removed  to  Boston  in  1662, 
where  lie  died  in  the  summer  of  L670.  He  left  a 
large  property  to  his  children,  two  of  whom, 
Richard  and  William  the  historian,  were  Feoffees 
m  this  school. 


Mr'is  Anne  Gedney. 


*  Ai.i-.i  im    W.   Paixe,  Esq.,    of  Bangor,   Me., 
in  the  ••  Paine    Genealogy:  '-The    city    Re- 
cords   [Boston]    disclose  the    fact    that    William 
•'  grave  is  in   the    Granary    Cemetery;  and 

•Mowing  the  indications  given,  we  find  it  di- 
rectly under  th  •  back  window  of  the  Athenaeum 
building,  the  .t,,ne  with  the  simple  inscription  of 
"  Paixe"  upon  it,  forming  a  part  of  or  being 
-hi  into  the  basement  wall  of  the  building 
itself.  A  carved  ligiue  resembling  a  cherub  is 
also  on  the  lower  part  of  the  stone.  This  pre- 
BUinably  isthe  grave  of  the  ancestor  of  the  |ps. 
wieii  Branch. 

To  h>-  continued. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers'  First  Sermon:  "The 
■»1  sermo.  yt  I  p'ached  was  a'l  Sprouston,  in 
tforf,  mens:  (Januar.)  d.  23,  1619."— //to.  Gen, 

'    r. 


Oct.   17,   I>;n7.     Col.  Gedney  had  his   wife  to 
[pswich,  a-  he  went  to  Newbury  Court,  and    she 
falls  sick   and  dyes   there    iii    about  three  w< 
time.      Died  on  Friday   night   last.      Heard  not  of 
it  till  this  day. — Judge   SewalVs  Diary. 

HERE    LYETH     BVRIED 

ye   Body  of  .Mr'is 

ANM.    GEDNEY    ye 

wife  of  Co'll  Bartholo 

mew    ( tedney  aged 

56  years  departed 

this    Life  ( October 

15  L697 


Sept.  13,  L688,  Thursday.  Major  Saltonstall 
comes  to  visil  me:  saith  his  Daughter  married 
about  2  months  agoe  to    Mr.    Denison ;  is    equal 

sharer  with  Mr.  Hubbard  in  the  Work  of  the  Min- 
istrp.  Mr.  Gourdin  [Saltonstall]  like  to  settle  at 
New    London;    two    youngest  Sons  at    [pswich 

School,  where. Mr.  Rogers's  Sun  teaches. — ./,/./;/. 
s<  wall's  Diary. 

In  Memory  of  John   Dexisox,  A.  M. 

only  son  of  Col.  .John   Denison  : 

grandson  of  a  Minister  of  the  same 

name  &  a  descendant    from  the 

renowned    Major  (uncial 

Daxiel  I  Iexisox.     Aii  amiable 

young  man  &  worthy  of  his 

ancestors.     Ili> genius  learning  & 

engaging  manners    spoke   him  the 

future  joj    &  ornament  of  hi-  native 

town.  But  heaven  meant  otherwise. 

He  died  iii  bis  25th  year  on  the  25th 
of  August  1717.     lie  cometh  forth 

like  a  (lower  &  i-  cut  down.  1|. 
fleeth  also  a-  a  shadow  :up|  ,,,||- 
tinucth   not. 


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MR.    COBBITT'S    ESTATE. 
Deceased   Nov.  5>,  1685. 


Dwelling  house  and  barn  and  two  acres   of  or- 
chyard,  and  pastur  land  in  Ipswich,  100Z. 

Four  acres  of  pastur  land  by  Jo.  Hardy,  24?. 

11  acres  upland  called  Diamond's  Island,         00? 
9  acres  salt  marsh  at  Plum  Island,  18Z. 

//;  the  Chamber  over  the  Parlour. 
One  feather  bed  with  the  furniture  13   10  00 

4  red  cloth  chairs,  6  turkey  cushions,         2  1G  00 
a  pr  cupbord  drawers  and  2  stools  1   IB  00 

a  trunk  with  linen  in  it  13   15  00 

square  table,  carpet,  brass  and  irons, 
tongs  and  firepans,  pewter  and  earth- 
ern  plates,  Looking  glass,  1  chest,  a 
border,  3  yards  of  flannel,  •"»     -     6 

hi  the  other  Chamber  over  i/e  hall. 
A  fetheibed  and  furniture  on  it  SI 

flock  bed  with  bedding  1  chair  and  stool,  3     3     0 

In  the  h'ttle  parlour. 
One  flock  bed  and  wearing  clothes,  '       11    1<»  00 
1  trunk  and  box  and  6  leather  chaires,       2  14  00 

Iu    the  Butter)/  and  chamber  over  it. 
Wheels,  yarn,  Linnen  bollsters,  barrels, 
trenchers,  tubs,  frying  pan,    Iron    pots, 
and  spit.  6     2     G 

hi  the  Kitchen. 
Pewter,  and  brass,  iron  and  earthern  ware 
wooden  table  and  cubboard  9     8     0 

In  the  hall. 
Chests,  yarn,  flax  linnen,  cup  board,  earth- 
ern ware,  and  glasses,  cubboard    cloths, 
1  wheel.  4    18  00 

/;/  the  parlotir. 
Bedding,  curtening,  table,    stools,   cup- 


bord   and   cupbord    cloths,      table   and 
stools,  Earthern  ware  and  Iron  ware       21     7     6 
The  whole  library  or  all  the  books  40     0     0 

plate,  1  silver  tankard,  a  silver  bowl  and 
spoons,  1  silver  salt  sellar,  1  dram   cup, 

1  wine  cup  1G 
3  twenty  shilling  pieces  of  gold  and  oth- 
er pieces]  3150° 

In  cellar  and    kitchen  chamber,  old 

casks,  &c, 

2  cows,  1  mare,  2  horses,  1  colt  18  00  0C 

[Besides  his  estate  in  Ipswich,  he  had  a  farm 
in  Haverhill,  500  acres;  and  half  a  house  and 
land  at  Lynn] 


1650,  lino.  Thomas  Scott     fined     unless    he 
learns  Norton's  Catechism  by  next  Court. 


1663,   March  15,  voted  to  invite  Mr.   Andrews 
to  come  to  the  town  and  keep   the    pnbliqne  fret 

schoole. 


Ipswich,  Aug.  1,  1734.  This  day  died  Join 
Baker,  Esq.,  in  the  44th  year  of  his  age.  H( 
was  one  of  His  Maj.  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  tin 
County  of  Essex.  His  Descent  was  Honourable 
son  ofCapt.  Thomas  Baker  of  Topsfield,  by  adau 
of  the  late  hon.  Samuel  Symonds,  Esq.,  Dep 
Gov.  of  Mass.  He  has  left  a  widow  with  fou 
small  children,  and  a  considerable  Estate  for  thei 
support. 


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Published  Monthly. 

Augustine  Caldwell.  ' 


Antiquarian  papers. 


VOL.    I 


IPSWICH,     Mass      DECEMBER,     1879. 


NO.    Ill 


Ipswich  Soldiers  at  Lexington. 

A  RollofCapt.  Thomas  Burnham's  Company 
which  Marclftl  from  Ipswich  Town  on  the  Alarm 
|9th  Apr!,  177.".. 

\ 


Number  of  days  in  service 
mile  :  50  miles. 


sixpence    per 


Historic  Houses. 
Sketches  by  Mr.  Arthur    W.   Dome. 


(.'apt.  T.  Burnham 
Lieut.  Charles  Smith 
2  do    J  no     Farley 
Berg't   Dan'll  Lord 
2  do.   Ebe'r  Lard 
:i   do.   John    Potter 
j  (In.  Jno.    Lakeman 
Nehemiah  Abbot 
Nick'n   Badcock 
Sam'll  Baker 
Kli'r  Bianton 
John   Brown,   4th 
Isaac  Burnham 
Jeremiah  Brown 
Thomas   Caldwell 
Tuos  (  hun 
Let  if  m  (rose 
Nath'll  ( Irose 
Nehem'r  Choat 
Nath'll   Dennes 
licnj  in   Kmerson 
Ephraim  Fellows 
John   Fellows 
Isaac  Fellows 

Nathan    Fellows 

John  Glasier 

Will'm    (.oodhfw 

lames  I  leans 
lohn    Hearra 
Alum   Hodgkins 

On  the  back  of  the  K<>ll  is  the  following  re- 
•i-ipt  :  ••  Ipswich,  Augst  the  9 :  177'i.  Rec'd  of 
.'apt.  Tho's  Burnham,  my  wages  on  his  Role  in 
nil  for  Apriel  19  :    1775,  at  an  alarm,  as  Witness 

n\    hand.  William      Kinsman 


Nath'll    Heard 
John  Heard.  Jn  r 
Tl.os   Hodgkins 
Amos    Heard 

Eben'r  Kim  hell 
Moses  Kinsman 
Will'm   Kinsman 
Abr'm   Lord 
Aaron    Lord 
Caleb  Lord 
Sam'll   Lord 
John   Manning 
Elisha  Newman 
Sam'll    Newman 
Nathan    Parson 
James  Pickerd 
John  Porter 
James  Pickerd,  jun'r 
Jeremiah   Rose 
siiiiion  Safford 
Moses   Smith,    jun'r 
Henry   Spiller 
Benj'm   Swett 
Dan'll  Low 
Richard  Shattswell 
I'hilip   Lord 
Kliha  Teedwell 
Nath'll  WelU 
Sam'll   Walles 


Arthur  W.  Dow  has  recently  made  pencil  and 
pen  sketches  of  several  ancient  and  historic 
Houses,  viz  : 

The  Saltonstall  House,  near  the  Depot,  built 
probably  in  L635    by   Mr.    Richard   Saltonstall-— 

one  of  the  best  and  broadest  in  thought  of  the 
early  Ipswich  men.  In  later  years  this  house 
was  occupied  by  Col.  Hodgkins  of  Revolutionary 
memory:  and  by  Dea.  Crocker. 

Rev.  Thomas  Cobbett's  House  on  Last  street, 
known  to  late  generations  as  the  Sutton  House. 
Mr.  Daniel  Hodgkins  has  preserved  its  ancient 
and  probably  its  original  front  door;  a  curious 
specimen  of  early  architecture.  A  Heliotype 
made  from  Mr.  Dowe's  drawing,  and  intended  for 
the  December  number  Antiquarian  Papers  was 
burned  iu  the  late  Boston  lire. 

The  old  North  Church.— a  copy  of  Mr.  Fran- 
cis <  oiiiirn's  picture,   I  8  16. 

These  sketches  are  to  be  Helio typed  for  forth- 
coming Papers.  Mr  Dowe  has  also  made  pic- 
tures of  the  Dodge  House;  Board  man  House; 
the  old  house  recently  torn  down  on  High  street  : 
the  Caldwell  house  on  Turkey  Shore;  and  in- 
tends to  take  the  Norton  house,    and  others.      Hjs 

native  skill  and  Antiquarian  tastes  enable  him  to 
do  his  >v<>'k  exquisitely.  He  will  quickeu  an  in- 
terest in  our  ancient  houses,  and  we  trust  ins  val- 
uable labors  will  be  encouraged. 


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Continued  from  November  Antiq.    Papers. 
ADDRESS, 

BY    ABRAHAM    HAMMATT. 

Delivered  on  the  200th  Anniversary  of  the  Foun- 
dation of  the  Grammar  School  in  Ipswich, —  In- 
stituted  January    11-21,    1650-51.        Printed 

from  the  MS  in  the  Public  Library. 

* 

Of  the  other  original  Feoffees,  Daniel  Denison 
and  Samuel  Symonds  are  designated  on  the  Town 
Records  as  "our  two  honored  magistrates." 

Daniel    Denison,    son    of  William   Denison  of 
Roxbury,  was  born  about  1012,  admitted  a   free- 
man at  Boston,  April  1,  1634.     This  town  grant- 
ed to  him,  October  12,  1643,   under   the  title   of 
Captain,  "two  hundred  acres  of  land  for  his  bet- 
ter encouragement   to   settle   amongst    us."     He 
was  admitted  a  commoner  by  vote  of  the  Town, 
Feb.  28,  1644-5.     He  had  probably  been  in  mili- 
tary service,  for  we  find  155  of  the  inhabitants  by 
voluntary    subscription,    engage    "to  allow    him 
twenty  four  pounds  seven  shilling  yearly,  so  long 
as  he   shall    be   their   leader,  to   encourage    him 
in  his  military    helpfulness."    .He    rose    to   great 
distinction  in  the  Colony  :  was  a  member   of  the 
House    of     Representatives     many    years,    and 
Speaker    in    1649,    1652.     He    was  appointed  by 
the  General  Court  Major-General ;  which  was  the 
title  of  the   Commander-in-chief  of  the   Colony. 
In  1658  he  had  granted  to  him    "one   quarter   of 
Block  Island  for  his  great  pains  in  revising,    cor- 
recting and  transcribing  the  Colony    laws."     Our 
old  burying  place  witnesses  that  his    posterity    to 
the  fifth  and  sixth  generation  deemed  it  an    honor 
worth  recording  on  their  grave  stones,  that   they 
were  descended  from  so  distinguished  a  man. 
Of  the   other   "honored   magistrate,"    Samuel 


Symonds,  it  is  said,  he  was  a  barrister-of-law    in 
England,  and  descended  from  an  ancient  and  hon- 
orable family  in  Yieldham,    in    Essex,    where    he 
had  a  good  estate.     He  purchased,  Sept.  3,  1637 
of  Mr.  Henry    Sewall,    a   dwelling   house    which  i 
stood  where  the    Female   Academy    now   stands, 
with   about    three    acres   of    land.     He    usually 
resided    on    his     large     and     valuable     Farm, — 
which    he    called    Argilla,   and   which   has  given 
name    to   one  of  our   school   districts.     He  was 
representative  from  1638  to  1643,    when   he    was 
elected   oue   of  the    Magistrates  or    Assistants, 
which   office    he    sustained   thirty  years,  when  in 
1673  he  was  chosen  Deputy  Governor,    in    which 
office  he  remained  until  his  decease  in    1678.     In 
addition  to  his  various  and  distinguished    offices, 
he  did  not  disdain  to  be  Clerk   of  the  Feoffees   of 
this  School,  the  earliest  Records  of  which   are   in 
his  hand  writing. 

William  Bartholmew  was  employed  in  several 
offices  of  trust,  such  as  Town  Clerk,  County 
Treasurer,  Deputy  to  the  General  Court  and 
Feoffee  of  this  School,  between  1634  and  1656, 
when  he  removed  to  Boston. 

Elder  John  Whipple  was  a  commoner  of  Ips- 
wich in  1641.  He  was  Deacon  and  afterwards 
Ruling  Elder  of  the  church,  and  was  Deputy  to 
the  General  Court  eight  years  between  1640  and 
1653.     He  died  June  30,   1669. 

Of  the  clergymen,  Nathaniel  Rogers  and   John 
Norton,  who  belonged  to  the  first  board  of  Feof 
fees,  the  histories  are  so    well    known  or   are    so 
easily  accessible  that  it  is  not    necessary    for   me 
to  attempt  to  give  any  information. 

These  were  remarkable  men  ;  and  they  lived 
in  an  age  distinguished  above    all   others   in   thf 


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history  of  Europe  for  ttie  production  of  remark- 
able men.  Some  of  the  founders  and  patrons  oi 
this  School  may  have  had  their  Latin  whipped  in- 
to them  by  John  Milton ;  some  of  them,  in  their 
nnregenerate  days,  may  have  heard  William 
Shakspeare  aiwarble  his  native  wood  notes;"  and 
some  of  them  undoubtedly  had  looked  on  and 
wondered  at  the  great  antithesis  Francis  Bacon. 

Oar  Town  Records  exhibit  some  striking  ex- 
amples of  the  sacrifices  our  fathers  made  in  the 
pause  of  education,  such  as  this: 

•  In  pursuance  of  the  order  of  the  Gen'll  Court 
Octob.  Hi.  LG79,  about  those  that  are  behind 
paying  what  they  subscribed  tu  the  new  building 
lor  the  Coledge  at  Cambridge,  have  appointed 
Nathaniel  Rust  to  demand  the  same  of  such  as 
live  on  the  south  side  of  the  River,  and  Simon 
Stace  to  demand  it  of  sueh  as  live  on  the  north 
side." 

'•  1680,  Feb.  7,  Simon  Stace  and  Nathaniel 
Rust  brought  in  an  account  of  nineteen  pounds 
fifteen  shillings  in  corn  and  malt,  put  aboard 
John  Dutch  his  sloop,  and  brought  a  receipt  un- 
der the  hand  of  Mr  John  Woodmansie,  who  was 
to  receive  it  by  order  of  Mr.  William  Manning  of 
Cambridge,  of  seventy-eight  bushel  Is  and  half  of 
Indian  coin,  and  thirty  bushells  and  three  pecks 
Of  malt,  and  tlii—  was  in  April  the  20th,    1680." 

Here  we  see  this  sincere,  earnest  people,  spar- 
ine, from  their  scanty  crops  a  portion  of  their 
Coarse  food,  and  from  their  few  comforts  that 
which  might  contribute  to  make  their  humble  bev- 
erage palatable — coffee  and  ten  in  those  days 
were  not  known — foj  a  purpose  which  many  in 
this  our  utilitarian  age  consider  a  useless  exti  a\ 
agance,  a  classical  education      Oai   fathers  knew 


better.  Thej  knew— the  unlearned  as  will  as 
the  instructed — that  to  prepare  the  people  in  the 
busy  walks  of  lite  to  pursue  their  avocations  with 
profit  to  themselves  and  benefit  to  the  community 
to  know  their  rights  and  be  ready  to  defend 
them,  there  must  be  a  portion  of  the  people  b 
ly  instructed  and  developed  to  be  guides  and 
teachers  of  othei  s. 

To  be  Continued. 


MATTHLW     WII1ITLK'>     PLATO. 


This  may  satisfy  whom  it  may  concern    that    1 
the  Subscriber  in  Consideration  that   my    Servant 

Plato  has  been  a  faithful  Servant  that  after  my 
Death  and  my  Wife's  Death  he  shall  be  free  if  he 
desires  it  and  if  he  don't  he  shall  have  Liberty  to 
live  with  any  of  my  friends  whom  he  pleases,  and 
1  give  him  Liberty  to  live  in  my  east  Kitchen  ^v 
have  his  leather  Bed  and  Bedding  thereto  belong- 
ing &  a  Pot  &  Skillet  &  a  Pewter  Platter  &  Ba- 
son A:  Spoon  &  Tramel,  two  Chairs,  one  ,\\.  and 
one  Hoe,  and  a  Cow  *v  he  shall  have  good  Pas 
ture  for  her.  and  Liberty  to  cut  hay  sufficient  for 
her,  &  have  one  Acre  of  Land,  where  it  may  be 
most  convenient  for  him,  and  a  Barrel  of  Cyder, 
A.  three  Bushels  Of  Apples    a   Year  a-     long  a-     he 

lives  yearly  &  every  Year.  &  have  liberty  to  cut 
Wood  he  necessarily  9ball  want,  and  Barn  Loom 
for  his  Cow  cV  hay  &  all  other  Priviledges  neces- 
sary for  him.  In  Case  he  should  by  any  Provi- 
dence be  disenabled  to  support  himself,  or  thro' 
old  Age  not  able  to  support  himself  comfortably. 
my  Heirs  shall  do  il  whatever  ho  shall  stand  in 
need  of,  which  i-  my  Will. 

Ipswich,    Dec.    -I.     I  760,  M    "!>,  tr    H\, 


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Jesse  Story. 


Jesse  Story  of  Ipswich,  enlisted  in  Capt.  Abrani 
Dodge's  Company,  May,  1775;  and  was  killed 
at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill ;  he  seems  to  have 
been  the  only  one  of  the  Company  killed.  Capt. 
Dodge's  Co.  was  included  in  Col.  Moses  Little's 
Regiment. 

Ipswich,  Jan'y  24,  1776.  This  Certify's  That 
Jesse  Story,  Jun'r,  was  an  Inlisted  Soldier  in 
Capt  Abra'm  Dodges  Company,  in  Colo'l  Littles 
Regiment,  That  the  said  Jesse  Story  was  killed 
at  the  tight  at  Bunkers  Hill,  and  that  Jesse  Story 
the  Father  of  the  Dece'd  is  the  proper  heir  of 
said  Jessee  Story,  Jun'r.  Jesse  Story. 

Essex,  ss.  Ipswich,  Jan'y  24,  1776.  Then  the 
above  named  Jesse  Story  Personally  appeared 
and  made  Oath  to  the  truth  of  the  aforegoing 
Certificate.  Before  John  Baker,  J"s  Pee. 

Ipswich,   March    16,   1776. 

Capt.  Abraham  Dodge,  .Sir  : — The  Several  Ar- 
ticles hereafter  named,  is  what  my  Son  Jesse  had 
with  him  on  Bunker  Hill,  which  Articles  was 
Lost  there,  and  are  as  followeth,  Viz :  1  Gun 
&  Bayonet,  1  Cartridge  Box,  1  lb  powder.  1  doz 
flints,  30  Balls,  1  Knapsack.  Clothes  he  had  on  : 
2  Jackets,  1  pr  Britches  &  Shirt,  Stocking,  Shoes 
&  hat.  my  Son's  Blanket  &  Coat  mony  I  under- 
stand I'm  entitled  to.  if  I  am  I  should  be  glad 
if  you  would  Draw  the  money  for  me,  also  for 
the  above  Articles,  and  you  will  Oblige  Yr  Hum- 
ble Serv't  Jesse  Story. 

N.  B.  I've  Sett  no  price  upon  the  above  arti- 
cles as  I  thought  it  did  not  ly  with  me  : 

[The  above  is  furnished  by  Hon.  Abram  Dodge 


Waite,  who  has  also  the  original  Roll  of  Minute 
Men  who  went  to  Lexington,  the  Field  Book  ol 
Col.  Abram  Dodge,  and  many  other  valuable  his-, 
torical  papers  and  autographs,] 


Here  Lyes    Buried 

ye  Body  of  Capt. 

Simon  Stace 

aged  about  63  years 

Deed  oacober  ye 
27  1699 

Here  lyes  ye  body 

Mrs  Sarah  Stace 

wife  of  Capt  Simon 

Stace  who  died  ye 

'21   of  November  1711 

aged   74  years. 


Can  any  one  produce  from  memory  a  sketch    of! 
the  First  Meeting  House  of  the  South  Parish? 

Mr.  Everett  S.  Hubbard  has  recently  made  a 
picture  of  the  ancient  Andrews  house,  on  Turkey 
Shore,  now  owned   by  Mr  Foss. 

1670,  March  29,  Thomas  Bragg  and  Edward 
Coggswell  for  fighting  in  the  meeting  house  on 
the  Lord's  day  in  time  of  exercise,  fined  10s  a 
piece  and  costs  and  fees. 

In  Press.  Early  Inhabitants  of  Ipswich,  by 
the  late  Mr  Abraham  Haramatt.  A  small  edi- 
tion will  be  issued  in  numbers. 

In   Preparation — Smith  Family  Records. 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 

Entered  at  Post  Office   as   second   class   matter 

Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year. 

Three  copies    50c.   Six  copies  $1. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthur  W.  Dowe. 


Antiquarian  faprcs. 


VOL.     I 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     JANUARY,     1880. 


NO.     IV 


Wainwright    Tomb. 

//        street   BuryingYard.  <  md   engraved 

by  A.  W.  D. 


Here   lies  entombed  the 

body    of 

Colonel  Fraki  is  Wainwright,  Esq.. 

W!i<>  died   August  ye  3,   1711,  iEtatis   17. 

&  bis  vertuous  Consort,  Mrs.  Sarah 

Wainwright,  who  died  March  ye    H>. 

1709,  J-datis  38, 

Willi    three  of  their  youngesl 

children,   John,    Francis,  &  John, 

Who  died  in  their  infancy. 

From   Judge   SewalVs  Diary. 

Aug3 1   3,     1711.      Col.     Francis    Wainwrighl 

dies  at  his  own  house  at  rpswich.    Left  Salem  for 

his  last,  duly  25,  the  day  before  his  first-apointed 

Wedding-da}*,  which  Appointment    was   remov'd 

to  the  last  of. Inly.     He  was  Sick  at    Ipswich   on 

the  Lord's-Day,  July  29,  and  died  on  the   Friday 

following  al  10   m;  his    Bride    being    with    him. 

Tis  the  mosl  compleal  and  surprising    Disapoint- 

mentthat  I  have    been    acquainted    with.     Wed 


cling  Cloaths,  to  a  Neck-cloth  and  Night-Cap, 
laid  ready  in  the  Bride-Chamber,  with  the  Bride's 
Attire:  <  iicai  Provision  made  for  Entertain- 
ment; Guests,  several  come  from  Boston,  ami 
entertain'd  at  Mr.  Hirst's;  hut  no  Bridegroom, 
no  Wedding.  He  was  laid  in  a  new  Tomb  of  his 
making  lately,  and  his  dead  wife  taken  out  of  an- 
other, and  laid  with  hiin,  Tuesday,  Augt  7.  Bear- 
ers, John  Apleton  esqr,  Col.  John  Higginson 
esqr;  Daniel  Epes  esqr.,  Stephen  Sewall  esqr; 
Lt  Col.  Savage  and  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers.  Mrs. 
Betty   Hirst,  the  Bride,  was  principal  Mourner. 

[A  >on  of  Col.  Wainwright  died  three  years 
before,  at  Cambridge.  Judge  Sewall  was  at  the 
funeral  :] 

Feria  Secunda,  Sept.  27.  1708.  1  went  to  the 
Funeral  of  Mr.  .Ion  Wainwright,  son  of  I 
Francis  Wainwright.  lie  was  a  Senior  Sophis- 
ter,  in  the  18th  year  of  his  Age.  Corps  was 
in  the  College  Hall.  Gentlewomen  in  the  Libra- 
ry: Bearers  Major  Epes,  Mr.  Holyoke,  &c. 
Twas  in  a  manner  dark  beforegot  nut  of  the  bury- 
ing place;  yet  I  got  home  very  well  in  a  Calash, 
with  the  Wainwright  that  is  prentice  with  Mr. 
Harris. 

In  1696,  the  Cobbel  house  on  East  street  was 
sold  to  Francis  Wainwright,  who  at  that  date 
owned  the  laud  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Foster 
Russell. 

In  the  Hist.  Gen.  Reg.  is  the  Query  :  "  I  should 
like  to  know  if  there  nre  any  descendants  of  Rei , 
John  Wainwright  now  living:  and  I  should  be 
pleased  to  communicate  with  any  one  of  them  on 
a  matter  of  mutual  interest.  Dudley  R.  t  hild, 
P.  ( ).  Boi    1076,  Boston,  3/ass. 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS.     JANUARY,     1880. 


Continued  from  December  Number. 

Address, 

Delivered  on  the  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  the.  Foundation  of  the  Grammar  School  in 
Ipswich.  Instituted  Jan.  J 1-21,  1650-51. 

l;\     ABRAHAM    HAMMATT. 

\_Printed  from  the  MS  in  Public  Library.'] 

After  the  removal  to  Boston  of  Mr.  Norton, 
Mr.  William  Payne  and  Mr.  Hubbard,  and  the 
decease  of  Mr.  Rogers,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
town  in  town  meeting,  in  1GG4,  nominated  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Cobbitt,  Mr.  William  Hubbard  the 
Historian,  son  of  the  first  William  ;  and  John 
Rogers,  son  of  Nathaniel,  afterwards  President  of 
Harvard  College;  Mr.  Robert  Payne  on  his  part 
nominated  his  son  John  Payne,  and  after  the  re- 
moval of  Mr.  Bartholmew,  Capt.  John  Appleton 
to  succed  them,  ''which  persons,"  as  the  Record 
expresses  it,  "ye  former  committee  did  approve 
and  accept."  There  was  added  to  the  number  in 
1664,  Richard  Hubbard,  son  of  the  first  William 
and  brother  of  the  second  William  Hubbard. 

The  board  at  this  time  consisted  of  ten  persons, 
and  such  vacancies  as  occurred  after  1661,  seem 
to  have  been  tilled  by  the  remaining  members 
without  any  interference  of  the  town.  After  the 
decease  of  Robert  Payne  the  younger,  there  ap- 
pears to  have  never  been  more  than  nine. 

Elder  Whipple  dying  in  1670,  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Capt  John  Whipple.  On  the  decease 
of  Gen.  Denison  in  16.S2,  of  Mr.  Richard  Hubbard 
in  the  same  year,  and  of  Capt.  John  Whipple  in 
1683,  to  supply  their  places  Major  Samuel  Apple- 
ton,  Mr.  Daniel  Epes,  and  John  Appleton,  jr., 
"were  added  to  ye  number  of  ye  Feoffees,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1683,  b}-  ye  rest  of  ye  company  then  pres- 
ent." Col.  Thomas  Wade  was  chosen  to  succeed 
the  Rev.  President  John  Rogers  who  died  at 
Cambridge  in  1684. 

After  the  decease  of  Mr.  John  Payne  in  1667, 
of  Mr.  Svmonds  in  1678,    of  Mr.   Robert   Payne 


the  Founder  of  the  School  and  the  last  survivor 
of  the  original  Feoffees,  in  1684,  and  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Cobbitt  in  1685,  there  were  appointed  to 
succeed  them  Robert  Payne,  jr,,  in  1678;  the 
Rev.  John  Rogers,  son  of  the  President,  and 
Samuel  Appleton  son  of  Maj.  Appleton,  May  22, 
161)0,  and  Cornet  John  Whipple,  April   4,   1695. 

Col.  John  Wainwright  and  Major  Francis 
Wainwright,  May  13,  1700,  and  Major  Symonds 
Epes  succeeded  Col.  Samuel  Appleton,  who  died 
in  1602;  Capt.  Daniel  Epes  who  died  in  1693; 
Col.  Thomas  Wade,  who  died  in  1696,  and  Capt. 
John  Appleton  who  died  in  1699.  The  Rev.  Ja- 
bez  Fitch  succeeded  the  Rev.  William  Hubbard 
who  died  in  1704. 

Col.  John  Wainwright  died  in  1708,  and  Major 
Francis  Wainwright  in  1711.  They  were  suc- 
ceeded by  Doctor  John  Bridgham  and  Mr.  Jona  : 
than  Wade.  Doctor  Bridgham  died  in  1721  ; 
Mr.  Daniel  Rogers  the  former  schoolmaster,  and 
John  Denison,  Esquire,  were  appointed  February 
13,  1721-2. 

The  first  Master  of  this  School  was  Ezekiel 
Cheever.  He  kept  it  from  its  institution  in  1650, 
ten  j'ears,  when  he  removed  to  Chariest  own  and 
afterwards  to  Boston,  where  he  became  the  Mas- 
ter of  the  justly  celebrated  Boston  Latin  School. 
He  built  a  barn  and  planted  an  orchard,  which  on 
his  removal  were  purchased  by  the  Feoffees  and 
added  to  the  institution.  Of  him  and  another  dis- 
tinguished school  master  it  is  said  in  the  uncouth 
rhymes  of  a  cotemporary  : 

"  Tis  Corlet's  pains  and  Cheever's  we  must  own, 
That  thou  New  England  art  not  Sythia  grown." 

He  was  born  in  London,  January  25,  1615  ;  came 
to  New  England  in  1637;  died  in  Boston  Aug- 
ust 25,  1708. 

In  six  years  from  the  opening  of  the  school, 
there  were  six  young  men  from  this  town  pur- 
suing at  the  same  time  their  studies  at  Harvard 
College,  all  of  them    undoubtedly  pupils   of  Mr. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     JAN1  AR1 


Cheever;  a  greater  number  than  have  been  grad- 
uated from  all  the  Colleges  during  the  last  15  yrs. 
The  names  of  these  young  gentlemen  vv.Tr: 
t  Payne,  son  of  the  Founder  of  the  school, 
afterwards  one  of  the  Feoffees;  John  Emerson, 
ion  of  Thomas  Emerson,  who  became  the  minis- 
ter of  Gloucester ;  Nathaniel  Saltonstall,  after- 
wards minister  of  Haverhill,  sod  of  Kit-hard  Sal- 
tonstall, of  whom  and  <>!'  Ipswich  it  is  glory 
enough  t«i  have  it  remembered  that  li«".  when  one 
of  the  executive  government  of  the  Province,  was 
tlic  first  to  enter  a  protesl  against  the  enormities 
of  the  African  SlaveTrade;  [see  Savages  Win- 
throp,  vol  ii,  p.  233.4.]  Ezekiel  Rogers,  son  o!* 
the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers;  Samuel Cheever,  son 
;  Samuel  Belcher,  sou  of  Jeremy 
B  who  was  many  yea!--;  a   preacher    at    the 

Shoals  and  afterwards  at  Ncwbuiy.  Be- 
sides these  there  went  to  Harvard  College  from 
this  school  while  under  3/r.  Cheever's  instruction  : 
William  Whittingham,  son  of  John  Whittingham  ; 
el  Cobbitt,  son  ofthe  Rev.  Thomas  Cobbitt, 
an. I  Samuel  Symonds  son  <•("  the  Dep  <  Sovernor. 
To  be  Continued. 


Philip  Lord,  ji-..   Thomas  Lord,    Josiah  Lord, 
Is      :  Galloway,    drowned  crossing   Plum  Island 
I;      •  in  wherry  on  a  Clamming  Voige,   Sept.  12, 
7.  R. 

1697,  Seventh  Day,  tfov.    I.     Capt.    Apleton 
of  Ipswich  dies.     He  was   an   Israelite  indeed,  a 
great  Ornament  of  that  Church   and  Town.   Died 
sjaundies.     77  years.  — Judge  Sen-nil. 

1  [on.  A.  D.  ll'ai'  has  a  pi(  ture  of  the  old 
FPaite  House,  which  stood  in  the  rear  of  his  pres- 
uit  residence;  built  probably  in  1 685  and  taken 
(own  1  345. 


Ipswich  Ancestry    of   Hawthorne. 


Hawthorne's  mother— Elis  I  lark  ^fanning 

—  was  of  Ipswich  descent.  In  a  publication  of 
the  Essex  Institute  we  find  the  record  of  her 
ancestry  : 

Richard  Afanning  I,  baptized  al  Saint  Patrick's 
Parish,  Dartmoor,  England,  IG22  ;  married  Ans- 
tice  ('alley,  and  died  in  England.  He  left  seven 
children. 

Anstice,  hi-<  widow,  and  her  children  came  to 
New  England.  She  settled  in  Ipswich,  and  her 
son  Thomas  2.  He  was  born  in  England,  Feb. 
11.  1664,  admitted  an  Inhabitant  of  Ipswich,  Fe  i. 
10,  L684-5,  and  died  May  1  I,  17.;:. 

John  3,  son  of  Thomas  2,  born  in  Ipswich. 
Jfarch  16,  1703. 

Kit-hard  I.  son  of  John  •">.  born  3/av  29,  1755, 
married  Miriam  Lord,  May  30,  177'i:  be  removed 
to  Salem  ;  died  while  on  a  journey,  at  Newbury, 
April  19,  1813.  His  daughter,  Elisabeth  Clarke 
3/anning,  married  Capt.  Nathaniel  Hawthorne, 
of  Salem,  and  was  the  mother  of  Hawthorne. 
Robert,  her  brother,  the  celebrated  pomolo* 
married  Rebecca  Dodge  Burnbam,  of  Ipswich, 
daughter  of  Afajor  Thomas  Burnham. 


Rev.  1).  T.  Kimball  of  Ipswich,  when  spending 
a  night  in  Salem,  at  Mr.  Daniel  Jewell's,  counted 
sixty  Salem  families  which  originated  in  Ipsw 

and  nearly  every  one  had  belonged  to  his  l'ari-h, 

1804,  July  31.  Dinah,  a  black  Woman,  died 
at  the  poor  house,  aged  102.  Her  age  could  not 
he  certainly  ascertained,  but  all  agree  that  it  was 
more  than  an  100— and  some  an  105.  Old  age 
and  pains  in  her  stomach.  —  Frisbie  Record. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     JANUARY,     1880. 


Mr.  Rogers  and  Mr.  Norton. 


From  Rev'd  Samuel  Danforth's  Records,  Rox- 
bury. — Hist. Gen.  Register,  January,  1880. 

Anno,  1655.  In  tlie  beginning  of  the  5th 
moneth,  God  sent  an  Epidemicall  sicknes  &  faint- 
nes  :  few  escaped,  many  were  very  sick,  severall 
dyed,  as  Elisabeth  Bowles,  &c  ,  in  o'rtown  :  mr. 
Rogers  of  Ipswich,  the  Revd  Pastor  there,  mr. 
Samuel  Eaton  at  Newhaven  and  his  wife  [late 
Mrs.  Haines.] 

Anno  1656,  23d  5m.  mr.  John  Norton  was 
ordained  Teacher  to  the  church  of  Boston. 

1663,  Aprill  5.  mr.  John  Norton,  teacher  to 
the  church  of  Boston,  rested  from  his  labors. 
His  death  wassuddaine.  The  night  before  about 
midnight  he  awakened  with  a  pain  vnder  his  left 
pap:  yet  he  went  to  meeting  in  ye  forenoon,  (it 
being  ye  Lords  day)  and  made  account  to  preach 
in  ye  afternoon,  but  his  wife  &  friends  perswaded 
him  to  stay  at  home.  After  meeting  freinds 
came  in  to  visite  him,  &.  he  walked  up  and  downe 
ye  room  &  discourfed  pleasantly  after  his  wonted 
manner.  About  shutting  in,  as  he  was  walking 
up  and  down  in  his  parlour,  he  went  to  ye  fire 
side  and  leaned  his  head  forward  as  if  he  meant 
to  vomit,  his  wife  &  mr.  Duncun  stept  to  him 
to  help  to  hold  him,  &  Tie  sunk  downe  vnder 
them  and  never  spake  more. 


The  later  occupants  of  the  old  house  which 
stood  on  the  site  of  the  Female  Seminaiy — prob- 
ably Dep.  Gov.  Symond's  town  house, — were 
Dea.  Knowlton  of  the  First  Church,  and  Madam 
Burley. 

Mr.  Luther  Lord  has  a  picture  of  the' First* 
Methodist  meeting  house. 


There  was  an  old  woman  in  Ipswich  who  came 
out  of  England  blind  and  deaf;  yet  her  son  could 
make  her  understand  anything,  and  know  any 
man's  name  by  her  sense  of  feeling.  He  could 
write  upon  her  hand  some  letters  of  the  name, 
and  by  such  motions  would  inform  her.  This  the 
governour  [Winthrop]  had  trial  of  when  he  was 
at  Ipswich. — Hubbard. 

Mr.  Ephraim  Fellows  has  one  of  the  windows 
of  the  First  Meeting  house  of  the  South  Parish. 

There  is  a  rude  stone  in  the  High  street  Bury- 
ing Yard,  erected  233  years  ago.  The  inscrip- 
tion is : 

E.  L. 

M  48 

1647. 

March  14,  17*2.     Died   Lieut.    Samuel   Burn 

ham,  son  of  Capt.  Thomas  Burnham  :  he   died  of 

Consumption  brought  on  by  the  hardships  of  the 

Camp. —  Town  Record. 

Mr.  Clark  Osgood  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  Me.,  has 
a  powder  horn  brought  from  England  by^Clnisto- 
pher  Osgood,  who  was  among  the  early  inhabit 
ants  of  Ipswich.  His  name  is  inscribed  on  the 
horn  :  wt  Christopher  Ossgood  of  Orrell,  England, 
come  to  America,  Feb.  ye  14,  1634.  The  Osgood 
house  in  Ipswich;  on  the  street  leading  to  the  de- 
pot,  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Far  leys. 
Edmund  Heard  owned  the  house  and  lived  in  it 
His  second  wife  was  Deborah  Osgood  of  Andover. 
The  Osgoods  migrated  to  Andover,  and  the  pow 
der  horn  bears  the  names  of  several  of  the  Ando 
ver  family  who  have  successively  inherited  it. 


Ipswich  Antiquarian  Papers. — A.  Caldwell. 


quartan 


VOL.    i 


TPS  WICK,      MASS.,     FEBRUAli  V.     1830 


N<> 


Early   Records. 

April!  1th,  JG33.  I:  is  or- 
dered that  noe  pson  wtsoeuer 
ehall  goe  to  plant  or  inhabit!  att 
awam,  withoutt  leave  from 
tin-  Court,  except  those  that  arc 
ahead)"  gone,  \z  :  Mr.  John 
Wiuthrop,  .lusiY.  Mr.  Clerke. 
Robte  Coles,  Thomas  llowlett, 
i  liggs.  .Iii.ii  ( rage,  Thum- 
bs Hardy,  VVillin  Perkius,  Mr. 
JThornedicke,  Wilhn   Srieaut 

.]i  kk  1 1,  1633.  There  is 
aui.te<l  to  Tho :  Sellen 
Cm  plant  att  Aggawam. 

."«  At  gusi  .  1634 .  Ii  is  ordered 
that  Aggawam  shaibe  called 
Ipswit.  Ii  § 

[The  following  Records  have  reference  to   two 

iini'ii.  .I(.iu)  Shatswell  and  Robert  Coles: 
«.nc  was  the  soil  of  Deacon  John  Shatswell,  who 
built  his  house  on  Hiuh  street,  on  land  still  in 
possession  of  his  descendants — the  Shatswell 
beirs.  Edward  Lord,  and  the  late  homestead  <il* 
the  veuerable  Joseph  Smith  whose  mother's  maid- 
en name  was  .Mary  Shatswell  ;  and  the  other  was 
son  of  Robert  <  oles,  who  built  a  bouse  at  the 
easterly  end  of  High  street  :  j 

Sept.  3,  1633.  John  Shotswell  is  (lined  xla 
for  distempting  himselfe  with  drinke  att  Agga- 
wam. Robte  <  olea  is  fflned  x/.  and  enjoyned  to 
stand    wth    a   white   Bheeteof  pap   on    his  back, 


Mr.   Richard 
From  a 


v  [psidge  a  plantation  made  upe  this  yeare. 
Mr.  \\';u-l  P.  Mr.  Parker  T. — James  Cudioorth, 
1 63 1 . 


SaltonstaWs  House,   Tpswich,  Mass.,   1635. 
Drawing  by  Arthur    W.   Dow,   1880. 

wherein  a  drunkard  shaibe  written  in  greate  Itres, 
&  to  stand  therewth  soe  longe  as  the  Court  thinks 
meete,  for  abnseing  himselfe  Bhamcfully  with 
di  inke,  &  ot!ir  misdemeanr. 

1633-4,  Mch  4.  It  is  ordered  that  Robte 
Coles  Cor  drunkenes  by  him  comitted  att  Rocks- 
bury  shaibe  disfranchised,  weare  aboute  his 
nccke  iV  soe  to  bange  vpon  bis  outward  garml  a 
D  made  of  redd  cloatk,  and  sett  vpon  white;  to 
contynue  this  for  a  yeare,  and  not  to  leave  it  of 
at  any  tyme  when  bee  comes  amongst  company, 
vnder  the  penalty  of  xla  for  the  fust  offence,  & 
\i  the  second,  and  after  to  be  punished  by  the 
i  ourl  as  the\  thinke  meete  ;  also  bee  is  to  weare 

the  D  out  wards  A    is  eiijo',  lied  tO    appeareati    ihe 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     FEBRUARY.     1880. 


nexte  Genall  Court  &  to  continue  there  till  the 
Court  be  ended. 

14th  May,  1634.  The  sentence  of  Court  in- 
flicted vpon  Robte  Coles  |March  4th,  1633,  for 
drunkenes,  &c.  by  him  comitted  is  nowe  reversed 
vpon  his  submission  &  testimony  being  giuen  of 
his  good  bebavr. 

Mch  4,  1G34-5.  It  is  ordered  that  Robtc  Cole 
shall  not  pay  more  of  his  ffyne  of  xl  for  drunk- 
enes, &c,  ithen  hath  bene  already  levyed  in 
slronge  water. 

Nov.  3,  1635.  There  is  x.s  damages  graunted 
Robte  Coles  to  be  paid  by  Mr.  Fawne,  whoesum- 
oned  him  to  appe  att  this  Court  &  psecutes  not 
against  him. 

[The  following  is  the  earliest  reference  to  a 
public  house  in  Ipswich  :] 

3  Sept.  1G35.  Robte  Andrewes,  licensed  to 
keepe  ordinayre  in  the  plantacon  where  he  lyves 
dureing  the  pleasure  of  ye  Court. 

Sam'll  Cole,  also. 

[Robert  Andrews  lived  near  the    South    Chh.] 

Mch  9,  1636-7.  For  Ipswich,  Mr.  Daniell 
Denison  chosen  Captaine. 

12  Mch,  1637-8.  Ever}'  towne  shall  psent  a 
man  to  bee  alowed  to  sell  wine  &  strong  water 
made  in  the  country,  &  no  other  strong  water  is 
to  bee  sould.     For  Ipswich,  Mr.  Symonds. 

Mch  13,  1638-9.  Ipswich  shall  have  two  bar- 
rells  of  gunpowder ;  wch  shalbee  sould  out  to 
those  that  find  muskets  at  2s  the  pound. 

May  22,  1639.  Mrs.  Jupe  being  intertained 
by  Mr.  Bartholomewe  freely  for  a  year  to  Ipswich 
wthout  charge,  if  shee  have  health  ;  but  if  shee 
prove  sick,  the  charge  to  be  borne  by  the  publike. 


An   Ancient   Draft.— 1717. 


In  1717    a    draft    was   made   of  that  portion  of 
Ipswich  lying    between    Mineral   street   and    the1 
common    way  leading   from    the   depot    to     ihe 
North  Church.      lion.  A.  1).  Waite    had    a    copy 
made  for  him  by  the  late  Mr.  Alfred  Kimball. 

The  road  from  the  depot  to  Mineral  street  is 
called  '•  The  great  lane  called  Scots  lane  that 
leades  towards  the  mill  to  tl.e  street  broad  vp 
meeting  house  hill."  This  lane  is  frequently  al- 
luded to  in  the  earliest  records  of  the  town.  The 
', common  pasture"  for  the  herds  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river,  was  at  the  northerly  end  of  it. 
It  took  its  name  probably  from  Thomas  .Scott, 
who  was  in  Ipswich  in  1635,  and  was  evidently 
an  independent  thinker,  as  he  was  "fyned  ten 
shillings,"  for  refusing  to  learn  Mr.  Norton's 
Catechism. 

At  Damon's  Corner  was  a  house  in  possession 
of  one  LittleEld,  as  it  is  spelled  on  the  draft-. 
[Littlehale.]  In  the  old  High  street  Buryii  g 
Place  is  the  following  inscription  : 

Ilesir  Lies   Mr. 
Jsaac  Litelhal 

died  April  ye  4th 
171-s  in  the  58  year 
of  his  age. 

The  next  house  is  "John  Warner's  house." 

The  next  "  Prince,  his  house." 

The  next,  owned  recently  by  Mrs.  Boardman, 
and  previously  by  Capt.  Gardner,  is  called 
"Heard's  house."  We  believe  the  late  Hon. 
John  Heard  was  born  in  this  house. 

The  next,  now  owned  by  the  Farley s,  is  called 
"  Edmond  Heard's  house — by  the  bridge."  And 
the  little  stream  that  crosses   the   street   at  that 


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point,    is   designated    as :  "  This  is   a    runne  of 
water  and  comes  quite  to  the  Mill  river." 

The  next  house  stood  on  the  site  of  Manassah 
Brown's  residence,  and  is  called  "Captain  Per- 
kin's  house."  Between  Capt.  Perkins'  and  the 
present  residence  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Wildes,  is  written, 
••<  apt.  Hemsley  Perkins'  land."  Capt.  Perkins 
Iras  01  e  of  the  influential  citizens,  and  was  much 
lamented  at  his  death  : 

I  [ere  Lyes  \  e 
bod)'  of  Capt 
Berasley   Perkins 
who  died  July  ye  23 

1  7 l'<i.  in  \  e  4a  year 
of  his  age. 

TLe  Town  Record  gives  his  ape,  "47  years  3 
months  &  1 6  days  old." 

Mrs.    Wildes'   bouse    is    called,    "Mr.    Daniel 
ion's  house 

Three  houses  more  arc  given  : 

••  Kphraim  Smith  his  house." 

"The  I'averner  Smith  his  bouse;"  who  owned 
:.         land  in  the  rear  of  n's  dwelling. 

••  Potter's  house,"  which  is  paid  to  be  "but  lit- 
tle more  thaj  1  rods  from  the  meeting  house." 

(mi  the  margin  is  written:  "  Had  there  been 
but  :i  litle  more  room  in  this  Bide,  the  meeting 
house  should  Iiave  been  set  down."  It  is  a  pity 
the  paper  had  not  been  longer,  as  we  might  have 
gained  an  idea  of  the  meeting  house  had  i'  inn 
down." 

In  what  we  now  designate  as  Loney'a  Lane, 
then  called  "  Pinder's  Lane,  leading  t<>  the  meet- 
ing house,"  and  leading  ajso  to  Scott's  Lane, — 
win'  three  bouses: — Symon  Pinder's,  Thomas 
Pinder,s,  whose  house  bad  two  points  on  the  roof, 
ami  ( ! raves'  bouse. 


The  land  on  the  easterly  side  of  Mineral  ^t., 
was  owned  bj  Mr.  Baker,  (whose  large  house 
was  taken  down  a  few   years    ago,)    Mr.    Fowler 

.  n<l  Mr.  Rogers. 

On  Scott's  Lane,  LittleEld  owned  tin-  corner. 

Nexl  was  Mr.  Norton's  pasture. 

Nexl  was  Quitter's  house  and  orchard  and  his 
large  baru.  The  buildings  stood  several  rods 
hack  from  the  street,  ami  the  traces  of  the  cellar 
were  distinctly  seen  a  tew  years  since. 

At  the  coiner  of  J/ineral  stre.'t  and  Scott's 
lame  it  is  written  :  "  This  was  Lumtnus  his 
bouselot  now  Mr.  Rogers  his."  The  late  Mr. 
John  Stocker's  bomestead  is  a  part  of  this  land. 


Mr.    IIammatt's    History   of  the     Grammar 

School  wi  1  he  continued  in  the   March  number. 


A  circular  window  from  tin-  old  North  meeting 
house,  (1747-1846,)  is  in  the  barn  of  Mrs.  Per- 
kins Lord. 


L 680-1,  Monday,  M&y  2.  Mr.  Richard  Hub- 
bard of  Ipswich  Farms,  dyeth  suddainly  in  the 
afternoon,  goeing  to  ly  on's  Bed  after  diner  was 
there  found  dead  by  his  daughter  accidentally 
goeing  in  thetber. — Judge   SewcUl. 


Feb.  :».  1682-3.  A  considerable  deal  of  Snow 
being  on  the  Ground,  there  fell  such  plenty  of 
warm  Rain  as  that  the  Waters  swell  so  as  t.»  do 
much  damage.  Ipswich  Dam  and  Bridge  is  car- 
tied  away  by  the  Flood  and  Ice  violently  coming 
down;  so  that  they  now  go  over  in  Boat:    II 

and  men. — ./</</;/•     .V.  wall. 


IPSWICH     AXTJQi:\WAX    rAPERS.     FEBRUARY.     1880. 


Mr.   John   Denison's  Tombstone. 
High  Street  Burying  Yard.  Copied  by  A.  W,  D. 


Huic  Tumulo  mandatur  quod  erat  mortale 

1).  Johannis  Denison.  Armigeri, 

Tribuni  Militum  Vicarii, 

Et  de  Comitatu   Essexiae    Vice-comitis, 

Illustrissinii  Danielis  Denison,   Annig. 

Militaris  quondam   Praefecti   Provincialis, 

Et  non  minus  Ulustris  Rich  audi  Saltonstal 

Armig. 

Gtobernatori  olim   a   Consilils, 

(Quorum  utroque  gaudebat   Nova-Anglia 

Patre  ac  Patrono  semper  memorando) 

Pronepotis  non  Indigni: 

Quippe  qui 

In  Coliegio  Harvardino  Hberaliter  educatus, 

Judicii  acumine  Singular!  dotatus. 

Jurisprudential!]  non  vulgarem  adeptus, 

|    iEquanimitate  hand  aequiparanda  praeditus, 

Moribus  Socialibus  et  Cbristianis  Pollens, 

Reipublicae  Ornamento  fuit 

Et   Fulcimento, 

Dumque  viveret  bonis  omnibus 

Nop  immerito  dileetus. 

Et  cum  Amman)  effiaret,  25^  Nov.   1724, 

MtAt.  3513. 

Non  mediocriter  defletus. 

Fa  mam  reliquit  Unguento  optiino  meliorem. 

Translation. 
Here  rests  the  mortal  part  of  Lieutenant  Col. 
Mr.  John  Denison,  Esquire,  Sheriff  of  Essex 
County  ;  greLt-grandson  of  the  most  illustrious 
Daniel  Denison,  Esq.,  late  Major  General  in 
the  Province  ;  and  also  of  the  not  less    illustrious 


Richard  Saltonstall,  Esq.,  formerly  one  of  the 
Governor's  Council,  (in  each  of  whom,  as  in  a 
father  and  champion  ever  to  be  remembered, 
New  England  used  to  delight.)  a  descendant  not 
unworthy  of  his  ancestry;  having  been  liberally 
educated  in  Harvard  College,  endowed  with  ex- 
traordinary acuteness  of  judgment,  remarkably 
skilled  in  jurisprudence,  gifted  with  unequalled 
steadiness  of  mind,  mighty  by  his  social  and 
christian  character,  an  ornament  and  pillar  to  the 
state;  while  he  lived,  deservedly  beloved  by  all 
good  men,  and  at  his  death,  Nov.  25tli.  1724,  in 
the  85th  year  of  his  age,  lamented  in  no  common 
degree.  He  left  a  memory  more  precious  than 
the  most  fragrant  ointment. 

Maj.     Gen.     Daniel   Denison'.;  Seal. — July  IS, 
J  673. 

The  Will  of  Major  Gener:  1  Dan- 
iel Denison  is  signed  and  sealed 
thus  :  manu  propria  scripsi, 

Daniel  Denison. 


Received.  Lithographs  of  tl  c  Old  House  re- 
cently taken  down  on  High  street.  Drawn  and 
Lithogi aphed  by  Arthur  YV.  Dow.  Can  any  one 
give  us  any  part  of  the  history  of  this  ancient  and 
now  demolished  building?  Mr.  Dow's  pictures 
will  be  ol  added  value  and  interest  as  the  years 
increase,  and  one  by  one  these  ancient  dwellings 
disappear.  Let  his  antiquarian  efforts  be  encour- 
aged . 

Paine  Family  Records:  No.  0,  Feb.  1880. 
Edited  by  H.  D.  Paine,  M.  D.,  2G  West  30th 
street,  New  York. 

ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS, 

Published  Monthly. — 25  centa  a  year. 

Ipswich,  Mass. 


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IPSWICH      ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH,     1880. 


Mr.    Oobbett's   Funeral. 


At  a  meeting  of  Select  men  the  6th  or  novbr, 
1685,  Agreed  with  respect  to  mr  Cobbitts  funer- 
all, — 

That  Deakon  Goodhue  provide  one  barrell  of 
wine  and  half  a  hundred  weight  of  suger,  an  that 
he  Send  to  mr.  Cobits  house  next  second  day  of 
the  week  in  the  morning.  For  which  he  is  to 
have  in  pay  not  mone}7  four  shilling  by  the  gallon 
and  sixpence  by  the  pound  for  the  suger. 

That  mr.  Rust  provide  if  he  can  against  the 
funerall  Gloves  suteable  for  men  and  Women  to 
the  value  of  five  or  six  pounds  not  money  pay, 
and  some  spice  &  ginger  fer  the  Syder. 

that  a  man  be  sent  to  Lyn  to  acquaint  frinds 
with  ye  Solemn  providence  here. 

That  some  be  taken  care  with  that  the  Corps 
be  wrapt  up  in  the  Coffin  in  Tarr  with  canvirs. 

That  some  persons  be  appoynted  to  look  to 
the  burning  of  the  wine  and  heating  of  the  Syder 
against  the  time  appoynted  for  ye  Funerall,  next 
monday  at  one  of  the  Clock  *fc  such  as  will  he 
Carefull  In  the  distribution. 

The  Select  men  desire  Ensigne  Stacy  to  se 
therebe  ettectnall  care  taken  with  Respect  to  the 
above  named  perticulers. 

Care  having  been  taken  about  the  above  named 
Occasions,  and  an  accon't  taken  of  th^  Charge, 
and  Cost  expended  : 

Imprimis,  To  Deakon  Goodhue    for 

wine,  32  gall  at  4  s                                   6  08  00 

It.  for  62p  silver,  of  sd  Goodhue  at  6p  pi  11  00 

It.  Gloves  of  sd  Goodhue                             1  10  00 

It.  To  Mr.  Wainwright  for  8  doz  gloves  3  14  00 
It.  To  Mr.  Nath'l  Rust  money  layd 

out  for  funerall                                          2  04  00 

It.  for  said  Rust  Going  to  Salem  Charge  4  00 


It.  To  Mrs.  Towsey  for  suger 

It.  To  John  Annable  for  wood  for  fire 

It.  To  Edward  Dear  for  Syder 

It.  To  Ensyne  Symon  Stacy 

It.  To  Nathaniel  Lord  for  making 

the  Coffin 
It.  To  Mr  Willson  Digging  the  Grave 
It.  To  John  Spark  for  wheat  as  money 
It.  To  Abraham  Perkins  going  to  Nubaiy 
form  John  Cobbitofhis  fathers  Death 
It.  To  Bonus  Norton  Going   to    lyn 

to  Inform  frinds  there 

Suma  Totalis 

The  above  placed  2  4  0  in  money  as  to  mr. 
Rusts  disbursments  is  allreddy  paid  to  him  hi 
money  by  the  Constables  p  order  of  the  select 
men. 

Therefore  not  to  be  deducted  out  of  that  As- 
sessed on  mr.  Cobbitts  accou't. 

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In  the  February  Antiquarian.,  an  extract  from 
Judge  Sewall's  Diary  states  that  the  Ipswich  Dam 
and  Bridge  were  swept  away,  Feb.  9,  1682-3.  In 
the  Town  Records  we  find  the  following  concern- 
ing the  same  event : 

To  Severall  psons  that  endeavored  to  save  the 
old  bridg,  vizt.  to  Eph  :  Fellows,  phillep  Fow- 
ler, Andrew  Burdley,  Nat  Roper,  Thomas  Knowl- 
ton,  Junr.  Win:  Baker,  Joseph  Burnham,  Me- 
sheck  Farley  &  Samuel  Graves,  Junr.     Each  Is. 

To  Lieut.  Burnam  about  the  fitting  for  drawing 
the  people  over,  5s. 

Abra  :  Tilton  allowed  by  the  Towne  with  res- 
pect to  his  building  the  bridg,  i.'>S. 


The  first  framed  house,  in  Ipswich,  was  erected 
by  Thomas  Hardie,  one  of  the  twelve  who  came 
with  John  Winthrop,  jr.  It  was  near  the  ship- 
3'ard  of  Mr.  Edward  Cboate  ;  the  trace  of  the  cel- 
lar was  discernable  within  recolleetion  of  people 
now  living  ;  and  the  old  well  is  yet  used. — Geo. 
W.   Caldwell. 


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IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH,     1880. 


Continued  from  January  Number. 

Address, 

Delivered  on  the  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  the.  Fmi Dilution  of  the  Grammar  School  in 
Tpswich.  Instituted  Jan.   11-21,   1050-51. 

BY    ABRAHAM    HAMMATT. 

[Printed  from  the  MS  in   Public  Library.] 

The  successor  of  Mr.  Cheever  was  Mr.  Thom- 
as Andrews,  who  kepi  the  school  from  August  1, 
1660,  twenty-three  years,  during  which  time  there 
went  from  Ipswich  to  Harvard  College, — Samuel 
Bishop,  probably  son  of  Thomas  Bishop  ;  Samuel 
Epes  and  Daniel,  sons  of  Daniel  Epes,  one  of  the 
Feoffees  ;  John  Norton,  son  of  William  brother 
of  the  Rev.  John  Norton  ;  .John  Rogers,  son  of 
the  President  John  Rogers,  for  many  years  the 
minister  of  this  town  and  one  of  the  Feoffees  of 
this  institution  ;  John  Denison,  son  of  John  and 
grandson  of  General  Daniel  Denison,  who  was 
elected  pastor  of  the  Ipswich  church,  April  5, 
1686,  but  was  not  ordained.  lie  died  in  he  24th 
year  of  his  age,  Sept.  14,  1689;  Francis  Wain- 
wright.  who  became  one  of  the  Feoffees ;  and 
Daniel  Rogers,  son  of  President  Rogers,  who  was 
for  many  yenrs  Master  of  the  School. 

Mr.  Andrews  died  July  10.  1683  and  left  a 
considerable  personal  property  to  his  relatives. 
lie  seems  to  have  left  no  children,  and  was  prob- 
ably never  married. 

On  the  decease  of  Mr.  Andrews,  Mr.  Noadiah 
Russell  of  Cambridge  was  appointed  Master,  Oct. 
31,  1683.  He  was  graduated  at  H.  C.  in  1681, 
and  kept  the  school  until  Feb.  2:5,  1686-7,  when 
he  resigned,  having  a  call  to  go  "to  Chailestown 
and  south." 

The  nexl  master  was  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers.     He 


was  graduated  at  H.  C.  1(380,  and  probably  took 
charge  of  the  school  in  1687.  I  find  on  the  rec- 
ords no  indication  of  the  time  when  he  first  took 
upon  himself  the  charge,  or  when  he  relinquished 
it;  but  there  being  no  mention  of  any  other  mas- 
ter from  16.S7  to  1715,  he  probably  filled  the  of- 
fice during  that  period. 

It  appears  from  a  record  partly  obliterated  that 
a  new  school  house  had  been  built  at  the  expense 
of  the  town  about  the  year  1704.  The  legible 
part  of  the  record  is  in  these  words:  kt  At  a 
meeting  of  ye    Feofl'ees,  in  ye  new    school   house, 

Mr.  Robert  Payne  in    behalf  of  ye    Rest, 

having  rece'd  schoolhouse  from  the   Comit- 

tee  of  the  Town  did  in  ye  Name  of  the  Rest  de- 
liver ye  same  to  Mr.  Daniel  Rogers  the  School 
master,  desiring  him  to  remove  thither  as  soon  as 

he  could  with  convenience "     The   date    of 

this  record  is  obliterated,  but  as  at  the  same  meet- 
ing the  Rev.  Mr.  Fitch  was  appointed  to  fill  the 
the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  death  of  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Hubbard,  who  died  Sept.  14,  1704,  it  was 
probably  not  long  after  that  time. 

Major  Francis  Wainwright  in  his  will  dated 
August  2,  1711,  bequeaths  a  legacy  to  his  '-good 
friend  Daniel  Rogers,  schoolmaster." 

Fifteen  young  men  from  this  town,  most  of 
whom  were  probably  his  pupils  entered  Harvard 
College  while  this  school  was  under  his  instruc- 
tion. They  were  John  Wade,  son  of  Col.  Thom- 
as Wade,  who  became  the  minister  of  Berwick  in 
the  province  of  Maine  ;  Francis  Goodhue,  son  of 
Dea.  William  Goodhue,  who  was  the  minister  of 
.Jamaica  on  Long  Island,  and  died  at  Rehoboth, 
when  on  his  way  to  visit  his  native  town,  Sept. 
15,1707;  Jeremiah  Wise  and  Henry  Wise,  sons 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH.     1880. 


of  the  Rev.  John  Wise  minister  of  Chebacco  par- 
ish. Henry  was  many  years  master  of  this  school 
and  afterwards  became    a  merchant;  John   Per- 
kins, son  of  Abraham  Perkins,  who   first  settled 
as  a  physician  in  Ipswich,  but  afterwards    remov- 
ed to  Boston ;    William     Burnham,    a   minister; 
Benjamin  Choatc,  son  of  John  Choate,   who  be- 
came the  minister  of  Kingston,  New  Hampshire  ; 
Francis  Wainwright  and   John    Wainwright,    the 
wealthiest  and    most  distinguished    merchant   of 
this  town;  John  Denison,  son  of  the    Rev.    John 
Denison,  who  tilled  several  important  offices,  and 
attained  high  distinction.       In    the    old    burying 
place  there  is  a  tomb  stone  having  a  coat  of  arms 
sculptured,  with  a  long  inscription  in  Latin,  near- 
ly obliterated,  which  was  erected  to  the    memory 
of  this  gentleman;    Nathaniel    Appleton,   son  of 
Col.   John   Appleton,    who    became    the     distin- 
guished   minister  of  Cambridge;  Francis  Cogs- 
well, son  of  Jonathan  Cogswell,    who   transacted 
business  and  acquired  wealth   as  a   merchant    in 
this  town. 

Mr.  Rogers  is   by    Felt,    Farmer,  and   others 
said   to  have  been  a  physician,  but    I    know    not 
on  what  authority.    [Winthrop  MS  account  of  H. 
C.  si;raduates,  calls    him  physician.]     I    find    no- 
where 'applied   to  him   the  title   usually  given  to 
gentlemen  of  the  medical  profession,     In  the    as- 
signment of  pews  and  seats  in  the  meeting    house 
then  recently  built  in  1700,  places    are   appointed 
to  Doctor  Bridgham,  Doctor  Deane,  Doctor    Per- 
kins, and  to  "  Mr.   Daniel  Rogers."     Had   Mr. 
Rogers  been   a  physician  he   undoubtedly  would 
have  received  the  same   title  as    his  brethren  of 
the  profession.      We  have   seen  that  his  friend 
Major   Wainwright  in  1711  gives  him  the  title   of 


schoolmaster.  The  mistake  probably  arose  from 
tradition,  confounding  him  as  is  not  unusual  with 
another:  his  nephew,  Samuel  Rogers,  was  a 
physician.  His  death  was  remarkable.  Return- 
ing from  Portsmouth  on  horseback  the  first  day 
of  December,  1722,  in  a  violent  snow  storm, 
crossing  Hampton  marshes  he  lost  his  way  and 
perished  from  cold.  On  his  grave  stone  in  the 
old  burying  place  may  be  read  these  lines  which 
appear  to  refer  to  the  manner  of  his  death  : 

Turbidus  ad  Lretos  Solari  Lumine  Tortus 
Sollicitos  Nautus  per  mare  fert  Aquilo; 
Me  Borealis  4gensISitiduin  super  JEtheris  Axern 
Justitise  Solis  Luce  beavit  Hyem?. 

The  sentiment  is  this:  "  The  angry  north  wind 
drives  the  anxious  mariner  by  the  light  of  the  sun 
through  the  troubled  sea,  to  his  wished  for  port ; 
so  the  furious  wintry  tempest,  carries  me  by  the 
light  of  the  sun  of  righteousness,  to  the  blessed 
regions  beyond  the  stars." 

Mr.  Rogers  was,  without  doubt,    an   estimable 

man.     He  sustained  a  high  rank  in  society    when 

the  word  had    an    intelligible   meaning.     Besides 

being  Master  of  this  school  he  held  the    offices  of 

Town  Clerk  and  Register  of  Probate  many  years  ; 

but  regard  for  the  truth  of  history   obliges  me  to 

add,  he  is  entitled  to  the  unenviable  distinction  of 

being  the  worst  scribe  that   ever   had    custody    of 

our  Records. 

To  he  Continued. 


The  Heliotype  on  the  first  page  was  made  from 
a  copy,  by  Arthur  W.  Dow,  of  Mr.  Francis  S. 
Coburn's  picture  of  the  old  North  Church. 

The  earliest  known  owner  of  the  land  on  which 
the  old  Grammar  School  house  stands  (now  Mr. 
Tilton's,)  was  Samuel  Heifer. 


*  ) 


IPSWICH     AVI  m.i    iRIAN     TaI  J  u  •       MAUI  n.      Itfftd 


Emerson. 


ciiiue  the  Minister  of  Concord;   where  he    married 
Elisabeth  Bulkeley,   In  ICG5.      Edward  Emerson, 
High  Street   Burying     Yard,    Ipmvich,     M  son  of   Rev.    Joseph    and    Elisabeth    (Bulkeley) 

Copied  by  Arthur    W    1>  Emerson,    married    Rel :a    Waldo,  daughter  of 

<  ornclius   Waldo. 

(  ornelius  Waldo  bought  a  house  in  [p9wich,    in 

1652,  of  Richard  Kwn.  which  he  afterwards    sold 

4/'^  ^w  to  John  Caldwel 


Here  Eyes  ye    Body    of   Mr.   Nathan'! 

Emerson   who  [)ied   Deeemr  v<* 

29.   1 712.  aged  Ki. 


:*  . 


Waldo   House.    1652. 

He  removed  u>  Chelmsford.  His  wife  was 
Hannah  Cogswell,  daughter  of  the  rich  John 
Cogswell,  who  built  a  house  near  the  Meeting 
House  green,  and  then  removed  to  Chebacco. 

Nathaniel  Emerson,  (sec  inscription,]  was  a 
son  of  the  lirsi  1  hotnas,  of  Ipswich.  The  carv- 
ing of  his  grave  stone  is  as  quaint  and  elaborate 
as  any  in  the  old  Vard,  Mr.  how  has  given  a 
very  exact  copy  ofthe  Anns  inscribed  upon  it. 

The  early  Emersonfi  had  large  shares   in    I'lnm 


A  recent  number  <>f  Scribner   states  that   th<-      Island;  and  one  locality  is  known  to  this  da\    a- 
earliest  ancestors  of    Ralph   Waldo   Emerson,    in      ..  EmersonV  Rocks.'1 
\ru  England,  settled  in  [pswidi. 


'I'hoiiu.s  Emerson  was  in  Ipswich  in  1638.   Ili^ 
Sob,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Emerson.  H.  C.  IGitC,   be- 


1783,    March.      Died  Capt.     Moses    Harris-. 
aboard  u  prison  9hip  :<t  New  York. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH,     1880. 


Boys   and    Girls   at    Meeting.— 1700. 


Dec.  26,  1700.  To  prevent  the  Youth  from 
prophaning  ye  Sabbath  &  their  misordering  them- 
selves in  limes  of  Gods  Worshipp— It  is  Ordered 
They  shall  sitt  together  in  ye  two  backside  Seats 
of  each  front  Gallery,  which  are  ye  Seats  appoint- 
ed for  them— and  that  ye  Ty thing  men  &  others 
Desired  with  them  Shall  take  Turn  by  two  iu  a 
Day,  to  Sit  with  them  to  Inspect  them,  and  such 
as  will  not  be  reclaimed  by  sd  persons  Discoun- 
tenanceing  of  their  ill  manners  shall  be  com- 
planied  of  to  the  Justices  and  proceeded  with  by 
them  as  the  Law  Directs  unless  said  Justices 
shall  Instead  of  fineing  of  them — Imprison  such 
incorricrble  persons  or  give  them  Corporall  pun- 
ishment. 

It  is  Ordered  that  ye  young  men  that  are  not 
placed  in  particular  seats  shall  sitt  in  ye  hinder- 
most  fifth  seat  on  ye  no-west  men's  Gallery  next 
to !  John  Pottars  &  on  the' so-east  men's  Gallery 
next  Mr  Appletons  side  of  meeting  house,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  pay  as  a  fine  five  shillings  If 
they  occupy  the  other  seats  yt  persons  are  placed 
in  to  be  recovered  as  aforesd  for  ye  use  aforesaid. 

It  is  ordered  yt  ye  maides  and  Girls  yt  are  not 
pticularly  Seated  Shall  sitt  in  ye  two  hindermost 
fifth  seats  on  ye  no  west  Womens  Gallery  next 
Jno  Pottars  &  on  ye  so  east  Womens  Gallery, 
next  Mr  Appletons — and  if  they  shall  occupy  any 
other  place  <>r  places  in  those  seats  yt  are  plact 
such  shall  pay  as  :i  tine  ye  sum  of  live  shillings 
for  each  Default  to  be  recovered  of  them  or  their 
parents  or  Masters  as  afove'd  for  ye  ace  afore- 
said. 

It  is  ordered  yt  such  maids  &  Girls  as  ye  sd 
seats  will  notcontaine  yt  are  other  where  provid- 
ed for  shall  sett  in  Alleys  below  stairrs — except 
in  ye  Alley  in  ye  Middle  of  ye  Meeting 
ing  house  and  before  ye  mens  fust  seate,  which 
alley  is  not  allowed  to  be  lnmbred  with  Chairs 
&  stools. 


The  tithing  men  &  Constables  are  Reminde 
&  Desired  to  take  notice  of  &  Informe  agst  sue 
persons  as  shall  prophane  ye  Sabbath  betwis 
meetings  :  Who  Continue  about  or  in  ye  meetin- 
house  at  noone  times  :  yt  they  be  proceeded  wit 
as  the  Law  Directs  &  requires  and  to  Inspec 
such  Youth  as  run  in  &  Out  in  ye  time  of  God 
Worship,  and  Complaine  to  their  parents  &  Mas- 
ters unless  such  will  be  reclaimed  by  [private  I' 
timations  given  them. 

The  Committee  Desir  yi  all  Heads  of  familh 
would  Informe  &  Warne  their  children  &  Sei 
vants  not  disturb  ymselves  and  the  Congregatio 
by  making  more  Noise  yn  Neede  in  Goeing  up 
Downe  Stairrs  in  ye  time  of  ye  Worshipp  of  Goe 
Which  111  practice  is  very  prejudicial!  to  ye  At 
ditory  as  well  as  Disturbant  to  serious  Well  mine 
ed  persons. 

Jo! in  Appleton, 
John    Wainwright, 
Nehem'h  Jeweti. 
Nath'll  Knowlton, 
Sam'l!   Hart, 
Philemon   Dean, 
Daniell  Rogers, 
CommUte  for  Ipswici 


Doct.  Willm  Backenbury  was  Drowned  Cros 
ing  ye  River  above  ye  mill  Dam,  January  lit) 
A.  1):   1742.—  T.  B. 


William  Holland  who  was  Wounded  at  Caj 
breton  and  brot  Home  Died  here  June  4th,  1 
I).  I74r>, — 2\  7?. 


March  7,   1726.     The  old   Bell    belonging 
the  town  wh  :   was  formerly  used  by  the  School 
granted  to  the  Hamblctt  Parish. — T.  R. 


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.]'>>■, i/,, i in    Haminatt.     1854. 

In  the  Ipswich,  I  Mass.,  |  Public  Library  a:e 
valuable  historical  manuscripts  known  as  the 
Ham  matt  Pajxrit.  They  contain  sketches  of  the 
■:u!\  men  of  the  town.  (  11533-1  7(M).)  inscriptions 
from  grave  stones,  &c. 

Augustine  Caldwell  has  undertaken  the  publi- 
cation of  the  Papers  in  numbers.  They  will  be 
issued  quarterly,  and  oftencr  if  possible.  There 
will  be  from  -iv  to  ten  issues.  Each  number  will 
r-.  mi  -in  not  less  than  fifty  pages. 

The  Firsl  Part,  now  ready  for  distribution,  con- 
tains a  photo-electrotype  of  Mr.  Hammatt. 

Arthur  W.    Do«     will   illustrate    forthcoming 

-  with  historic  houses,  seals  found  n] wills, 

i vestones,  «^  • . 


\  small  edition   will    be    issued    -sold  only    by 
subscription.     The  books  will  be  20    cents    each, 

l>:i\  able  \\  hen  taken. 

People  residing  out  of  Ipswich  can  subscribe  bj 
addressing        Augustine    Caldwell,     Bos     159, 
Ipswich,    Mas 


Rev.    William    Hubbard. 

rhis  is  to  Signifie  that  I  William  Hubbard  of 
Ipswich,  (Par:)  have  reed  of  ye  seuorall  Inhabi- 
tants of  Ipswich  Rateable  to  my  Self,  vidt.,  the 
full  Sum  of  ninety  pounds,  one  third  of  it  money, 
and  the  remainder  in  Merchlble  pay,  it  being  in 
full  of  my  Stipend  for  }e  jear,  1695,  as  witness 
my  hand.   Dated:  November  ye  4th,  anno :  1696. 

Willi  \m    Hi  bb  vrd. 

1703,  May  G.  Thai  whereas  the  Rvrd  Mr. 
Hubbard  hath  Laid  down  }-e  work  of  the  ministry, 

The  Select  men  shall  Lew  upon  ye  Inhabitants 
of  ye  Town  the  sum  of  Sixty  pounds  and  <  tommitt 
ii  to  the  Town  Thrcasurer  for  the  Supply  of  Mr. 
Hubbard's  Wants  for  this  psenl  year,  beginning 
at  ve  fust  of  March  last  past.  Whereof  3is  pounds 
shall  be  in  mone^  «S  the  other  prt  be  Graine,  Ind 
(  <.in.  Barly  and  llarlj  malt.  Three  Shillings  p 
hushll  each  &  W  heal  at  five  Shilling  p  bushll. 

July    !•'•    1^,,;;-     That    Deacon    Knowlton    be 
ImpoiP'ed  to  take  (are  and  provide  house   Room 
for  the  Revd  Mr.  Hubbard  If  he  should  he  n< 
sjty    to  Remove  from    ye    place    where   he    now 
Dwells. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


Judge    Sewall   in   Ipswich. 


Friday,  Nov'r  28,  1684.  About  a  fortnight 
agoe  one  at  Sparks,  the  Ordinary*  at  Ipswich 
near  the  Meeting  house,  falls  down  stairs,  or  the 
like,  and  dies. 

May  21,  1700.  Ride  to  Ipswich  :  Sheriff,  Mr. 
Harris,  and  Major  Epes  meet  us  at  Rowley. — 
Give  no  action  to  the  Jury  till  after  diner.  Lodge 
at  Mr.  Rodgers's  where  am  very  kindly  enter- 
tained. 

May  23.  Mr.  Rogers  preaches  very  well  of 
the  Divine  Efficiency  in  Mans  Conversion,  from 
Philip.  2:  13.  Invite  the  Ministers  to  diner. 
There  are  Mr.  Hubbard,  Rogers,  Mr.  Gerrish, 
Mr.  Payson,  Mr.  Capen,  Mr.  Green,  Mr.  Rolf; 
last  did  not  dine. 

1700-1,  Jany  14.  [On  his  way  to  Newbury 
to  his  mother's  funeral.]  Sam  and  I  kept  on  in 
Ipswich  Rode.  John  went  to  accompany  Bro'r 
from  Salem.  About  Mr.  Hubbard's  in  Ipswich 
farms,  they  overtook  us.  Sam  and  I  lodg'd  at 
Crompton's  in  Ipswich. 

Jan'y  16.  Set  out  ab't  11  for  Ipswich.  Got 
time  enough  to  hear  Mr.  Rogers  preach  the  Lec- 
ture from  Luke  1,  7(3,  about  ministerial  prepara- 
tion for  Christ.  Sung  the  nine  fust  verses  of  the 
132  Psalm.  Mr.  Rogers  prai'd  for  the  prisoner 
of  death,  the  Newbury  woman,  who  was  there  in 
her  chains.     This  is  the  last  Sermon  preached  in 


*  Spark's  Tavern  was  probably  the  well-known 
house,  of  great  historic  interest,  the  residence'  of 
the  late  Mary  Baker.  In  1671,  it  was  occupied 
by  John  Spark  ;  1693,  by  John  Rogers,  "sign  of 
the  Black  Horse  ;"  1700,  by  Crompton  ;  1711,  by 
Thomas  Smith,  a  native  of  Boxford  ;  in  Revolu- 
tionary days  it  was  "Treadwell's  Tavern." 


the  old  meeting  house.  Eat  Roost  Fowl  at 
Crompton's. 

Lord's  Day,  Jan'y  29th,  1700-1.  Ipswich  peo- 
ple Meet  the  first  time  in  their  New  Meeting 
House,  as  Deacon  Knowlton  informs  me  at  Cou- 
sin Savages  Meeting,  Jan'y  22th. 

July  15th,  1701.  To  Ipswich  ;  Try  Esther 
Rogers!  Jury  next  morn  ask'd  advice,  then  after 
brought  her  in  Guilty  of  murdering  her  daughter. 
July  17,  Mr.  Cooke  pronounc'd  the  sentence. 
She  hardly  said  a  word.  I  told  her  God  had  put 
two  Children  to  her  to  nurse  :  Her  mother  did 
not  serve  her  so.  Esther  was  a  great  Saviour  ; 
she,  a  great  destroyer.  Said  did  not  do  this  to 
insult  over  her,  but  to  make  her  sensible. 


Continued  from  March  Number. 
Address, 

Delivered  on  the  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary 
of  the.  Foundation  of  the  Grammar  School  in 
Ipswich.  Instituted  Jan.  11-21,  1650-51. 

BY    ABRAHAM    IIAMMATT. 

Ebenezer  Gay  who  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1714,  kept  the  School  one  year.  He 
is  well  remembered  by  many  of  the  more  aged 
people  of  the  Old  Colony,  as  the  celebrated  Doc- 
tor Gay,  minister  of  Hingham,  where  his  useful 
life  was  protracted  until  he  attained  the  age  of 
nearly  an  hundred  years. 

Thomas  Norton  kept  the  school  in  1716.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  church  and  died  July  13, 
1742,  in  the  71st  year  of  his  age.  He  was  the 
father  of  Thomas  Norton,  junior,  who  was  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College  in  1725,  and  was  teacher 
of  this  school  ten  years,  1729-39,  while  the  school 
was  under  the  direction  of  the  selectmen. 

Benjamin  Crocker  begun  his    work    as    teacher 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


of  the  schoolJune  4,  1717,  which  he  kept  until 
November,  1719.  Long  afterwards,  in  l7h;-7. 
md  again  in  1759-60  he  Kept  the  school  four 
years.  He  was  appointed  a  Feoft'ee  in  1749, 
which  office  lie  held  until  his  removal  from  Ips- 
wich in  17G4.  He  was  father  of  Deacon  .lolin 
Crocker  who  is  rememberer!  by  the  elderly  por- 
tion of  the   present    generation.     Besides  school 

og  he  preached  occasionally.  He  received 
of  the  Town  treasurer  April  17.  172C,  "one 
pound  for  preaching  one  sabb:  day."  lie  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1713. 

Thus  this  school  continued  (<»  flourish  and  to 
receive  the  support  of  the  principal  inhabitants 
until  n ear  the  close  of  the  first  century  of  our 
town's  historv.  The  fathers  had  passed  away 
and  also  the  sons  who  had  enjoyed  the  benefits  of 
their  example  and  instruction.  A  generation 
succeeded  less  deeply  impressed  with  the  impor- 
tance of  their  duties  to    posterity,   and   the   dark 

of  New  England  succeeded.  This  school 
felt  its  For  twenty-seven   years   there    is 

■o  recorded  act  of  the  Feoffees. 

i  To  be  (  lontinued.) 


Randolph  W.  Farley  of  Nashua,  N.  H..  is 
tracing  the  Farley  Historj',  from  t  lie  time  of  the 
Ipswich  Emigrant  —  Michael  Farley,  lG7fi — to 
presenl  date. 

March,  1727.  Rev.  Nath'l  Rogers  asks  for  a 
grant  12  or  ll  ft  to  the  front  of  land  h»-  lately 
purchased  for  a  houselot  of  widdovt  Deer  for  the 
accommodable  Scituation  of  his  House.  [The 
house  built  by  Rev.  Nath'l  Rogers  was  the  resi- 
dence of  the  late  Nath'l  Lord,  Esq. 


l  ,  75.        \  List  of  t 

Borrowed  for  the  use  of 

Abraham  Dodges  ( 'omp; 

<  X  wham    Borrowed. 

I  nice  Marshall 
Isaac  Story 
Nathaniel    Wells 
Eliezer  ( !raft 
Francis  Cogswell 
(  apt.  Moses  Harris 
Jona  :   Pinder 
John  Gibson 
John   Caldwell.    4th 
Joseph  Kimball 
Benisly   Perkins 
W'd.    Frank    Pulcipher 
Francis  Merrifield 
Joseph   Williams 

(apt.  John  Farley 


he    fire   arms  that   where 

those   Soldiers  in   (  apt . 

any. 

To  whom    I)'  livt  n  d. 

■ 

Abraham  Jones 

Joseph  Burnham 

\        mi    (   raft 

Silvanus  ( lolby 

Samuel     Keel 

John   Porter 
David   Ross 
Stephen  Colman 
Benja  Sweat 

William    .Mansfield 

Peter  Pemerton 

Nathaniel    Lakeman 
Joseph   Wise,    of  ('apt. 

Wade  CO. 

Joseph  Emmons  of  ( !apt 
Parker  Com. 


March  10,  17<)i--_>.  That  ye  select  men  shall 
make  sale  of  the  rocks  abt  ye  ( >ld  meeting  house, 
&  ye  mony  to  be  added  to  vt  formerly  given  to- 
wards purchasing  of  a  Clock,  and  what  is  wanting 
the  Town  will  make  up  and  the  Town  Treasr  is 
1  )esired  to  take  (  'are  to  procure  <d  Clocli  as  BOOn 
•^  as  cheap  as  may  be. 

July  9,  1702.  That  there  shall  he  a  Diall  to 
\  e  ( 'lock  \  t  is  now  building. 

Arthur    W.     how   has  the    following   "Call," 

which  is  (  almost  )   a  relic  : 

li'own  ii.  June  14,  1834.  Gentlemen  who  ma\ 
be  disposed  to  unite  in  a  religious  observance  of 
the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  incorpom 
lion  of  Ipswich,  (in  August  next)  are  requested 
to  meet  at  the  court  house  on  Monday  next,  (i 
o'clock  p.  in.  to  act  on  the  subject . 

l.pLiraim  Kendall,  Wm.  Foster  Wade,  Nath'l 
Lord,  jr.,  George  W.  Heard,  David  Giddings. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


From  Stone  Bridge  to  Foot  Bridge. 

River  Side,   1719-28. 
In  1726,  the  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Henry  Potter,  is  mentioned  in  the  Town  Re- 
cords as  the  -house  of  Nathaniel  Fuller,  recently 

deceased." 

The  house  next  south  of  Mr.  Samuel  N.  Ba- 
ker's store,  known  as  the  Old  Souther  House, 
owned  by  Mr.  Theodore  F.  Cogswell,  was  built 
by  Isaac  Fitts  The  land  was  granted  said  Fitts, 
May  5,  172G. 

In  1730  we  find  Isaac  Knowlton  in  possession 
of  a  house  built  by  his  father,  John  Knowlton 
deceased,  on  the  site  ot  Mr.  Josiah  Lord's  pits 
cut  residence,— next  south  of  the  Fitts  House. 

May  9,1728.  "Joseph  Manning,  desirous  of 
settling  in  this  his  native  town,  as  yet  has  no 
place  whereon  to  build  a  dwelling  House  for  Him- 
self and  ffamily,  *  *  prays  that  he  may  be  fav- 
ored with  a  Grant  of  Eighty,  Ninety  or  more 
ffeet,  to  extend  up  the  River  from  the  Corner  of 
Mr.  Isaac  Fitts  dwelling  to  the  Corner  of  Abbe 
the  Smith's  shop."  The  house  built  by  Manning 
was  owned  by  the  Cogswells,  and  was  the  eaily 
home  of  Joseph  Green  Cogswell,  (born  1786,) 
Librarian  of  the  Astor  Library.  It  is  now  owned 
by  Josiah  Stackpole. 

March  1,  1728,  William  Jones,  Mr.  John 
Choate  and  Serj't  Thomas  Perrin,  each  petition 
for  the  grant  "of  the  remaining  part  of  the  Riv- 
er's Bank  next  Joseph  Abbes' s  Grant  down  the 
Liver  to  place  reserved  for  a  highway."  "  The 
Land  was  given  and  Granted  to  William  Jones 
his  Heirs  and  assigns."  This  house,  still  known 
as  the  Jones  house,  was  built  in  172s. 

The  residence  of  Wesley  K.  Bell,  Esq.,  was 
built  by  Joseph  Abbe,  1722. 

The  land  next  south  of  Mr.  Bell's,  on  which 
the  Factory  tenement  house  now  stands,  was 
owned  by  Asa  Baker,  father  of  the  late  Capt.  S. 
N.  Baker,  who  built  the  house  recently  removed 
to  make  room  for  the  present  tenement  house. 


In  1719,  Widow  Deane  had  a  dwelling  where 
the  Hoarding  House  anil  the  old  Lace  Factory 
now  stand.  Widow  Deane  afterward  married  a 
Farley,  and  continued  living  in  this  house. 

Mention  is  made  in  the  Records  of  "  Thomas 
Lord's  Shop  ;"  perhaps  it  stood  where  Mr.  Ba- 
ker's store  now  is. 


Where  did  Col.  Thomas  Berry  live? 

WICKED    TONGUED    WOMAN.     1681. 

1681,  March.  Elisabeth,  wife  of  Luke  Per- 
kins, presented  for  many  very  approbrious  & 
scandalous  words  of  a  high  nature  agst  Mr.  Cob- 
bit,  and  her  husband's  natural  parents  and  oth- 
ers of  his  relations;  that  a  due  testimony  may  be 
bourn  agst  such  a  virulent,  reproachful  &  wicked 
tongued  woman,  this  court  doth  sen'ence  the  sd 
Elisabeth  to  be  severely  whipped  on  the  naked 
body,  and  to  stand  or  set  on  the  next  lecture  dav 
in  some  open  place  in  the  publick  meeting  house, 
at  Ipswich,  with  a  paper  pinned  on  her  head, 
written  in  capital  letters— for  reproaching  minis- 
ters "parents  and  relations. 


1698,  Sept.  Wood  felled  on  Jeffries  Neck 
granted  to  Coll.  John  and  Francis  Wainwright. 

Sept  3,  1639.  John  Wedgwood  for  being  in 
the  Company  of  drunkards  is  to  bee  set  in  the 
Stocks  at  Ipswich. 

1711-12,  May  22,  Ipswich.  Being  rainy  till 
about  11,  I  resolv'd  to  stay  Lecture;  and  visited 
the  languishing  Widow  Appletori,  who  was  very 
glad  to  see  me,  as  she  was  bolster'd  up  in  Led.— 
After  Lecture  went  to  Salem. — Sewall. 


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IPSWK  II.     .MASS..     MAY.      1880 


NO.     VIII. 


An    Old    Sword. 


.).    u  \  1.1 1  I:    ii  \\  KKS. 

A  few  years  ago  the  late  Mr.  San  ford  Peatfiekl 
of  [pswicb,  gave  me  a  Sword  whicli  lie  had  dug 
nit  on  his  estate.  This  sword  bears  every  evi- 
dence of  great  age.  The  blade  has  on  our  side, 
near  the  hilt,  this  inscription  : 

*  *    1        1        l        1   *  * 

A     N 
On  the  other  side  of  the  blade,  clearly  cut,    ap- 
pears the  accompan3-ing  date  : 

■    1       4*1*4   %* 

The  length  of  hilt  and  blade  together  is  two 
feet  ten  inches.  Hie  single  edged  blade  is  of  ex- 
cellent steel,  slightly  curved,  and  with  a  blood 
banal  on  either  side.  The  point  is  very  much  cor- 
roded, and  the  cutting  edge  considerably  hacked. 
The  hilt  is  of  brasa  with  a  protection  for  the 
band;  has  a  wooden  handle  held  in  place  by  brass 
rerules. 

The  sword  was  found  by  Mr.  Peatfield,  as  he 
<<i|i|  me,  •mukIci  the  roots  of  a  large  tree."  To 
bis  knowledge  the  soil  had  never  been  disturbed 
Co  the  depth  at  which  the  implement  was  found. 
The  sword  is  now  in  my  possession. 

I    ■  HBRIDGl  .    April    J7.    1880. 

Nov.  27,  1833.,  died.  Miss  Hannah  Grant,  as  75. 
It  believed  that  no  one  living  ever  heard  her 
utter  an  indiscreet  word.      He%\    l>.    T.   Khnhnll. 


Old  Houses. 


Arthur  YV.  Dow  has  made  drawings  of  the  fol- 
lowing houses,  several  of  great  historic  interest 
to  Ipswich  people  of  antiquarian  taste:  copies 
may  be  had  at  reasonable  rates  by  application  to 
him.  Those  marked  t  I  j  are  made  fr<  m  draw- 
ings by  Mr   George  \V.  Caldwell. 

First  Meeting  Elouse  of  the  Smith  Parish,  1717 
—  L837.  Parsonage  of  Rev.  Mr.  Walley  and  Dr. 
Dana.  The  old  North  Meeting  House.  1749- 
184G.  First  Methodist  Meeting  House,  1624. 
Episcopal  Church.  ThelastCourt  House.  JOld 
Middle  School  House. 

East  St.  Col.  Francis  WainwrTght's,  remem- 
bered by  elderly  people  as  the  "old  brick  'u-.-' 
Rev.  Thomas  Cobbett,  Boardman,  [Hodgkins, 
\ John  Harris,  ^Francis  Caldwell,  jiMoses  Tread- 
well.  ! Stone,  (apt.  Parker,  of  Re\  ilutionary 
memory. 

The  old  house  on  High  street,  recently  taken 
down,  built  and  occupied  by  William  and  I.vdia 
(Lull)  Caldwell. 

Mr  Saltonstall ;  Howard  House  on  Turkey 
Shore,  owned  and  occupied  for  many  years  by 
the  late  (apt.  Ebenezer  Caldwell:  JXewmarch. 
Neck  Lane;  .'Calloway.  Water  street;  Dodge 
Mansion;  Treadwell,  where  Library  now  is; 
Waite,  where  Theo.  F.  Cogswell's  now  is;  AN  i-,o 
and  Wallis,  (Dr.  Samuel  Wallis;)  \ Moses  Cald- 
well, Spring  street . 

At  New  Boston,  Daniel  Lummus,  1771  ;  Philip 
I  iord  ;  Benjamin  ( Iross. 

Tin'  Light  I  louse. 

At  Hamilton — lohn  Annable. 

Mr.  Dow'a  a  Idress  :   P.  I '.  Bos    157,    fpswich. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     MAY,     1880. 


"Tragick  Scene."    1722. 


A  Brief  Narrative  or  Poem  Giving;  an  Account 
of  the  Hostile  Actions  of  some  Pagan  Indians 
towards  Lieutenant  Jacob  Tilton,  and  his  bro- 
ther Daniel  Tilton,  both  of  the  town  of  Ipswich, 
as  they  were  on  board  of  a  small  vessel  at  the 
Eastward  ;  which  happened  in  the  summertime 
in  the  year  1722.  With  an  Account  of  Valiant 
Exploits  of  the  said  Tiltons  and  their  vietori- 
Conquest  over  their  insulting  enemies. 

Down  at  an  eastward  harbour  call'd  Fox  Bay, 

They  in  a  Schooner  at  an  anchor  lay. 

It  was  upon  the  fourteenth  day  of  June, 

Six  stout  great  Indians  in  the  afternoon 

In  two  Canoes  on  board  said  Schooner  came, 

With  painted  Faces  in  a  churlish  frame  ; 

One  of  them  call'd  Penobscot  Governor, 

The  other  Captain  Sam,  a  surly  cur, 

The  other  four  great  Indians  strong  and  stout 

Which  for  their  ill  design  they  had  picked  out. 

Said  Governor  and  Sam  with  one  more  went 

Down  the  forecastle  bold  and  insolent ; 

Unto  Lieutenant  Tilton  they  apply'd 

Themselves,  and  down  they  sat  one  at  each  side  ; 

The  other  plac'd  himself  behind  his  back, 

Waiting  the  other's  motion  when  to  act. 

Indian. 

What's  matter  Governor  my  men  detain 
And  no  send  hostage  home  to  me  again  ? 
What's  matter  he  no  good,  but  all  one  Devil? 
What !  no  love  Indian  !     Governor  no  civil. 
Penobscot  Indian  Governor  great  Man. 
All  uiie  Governor  Shute, — says  Captain  Sam. 

Tilton. 
Great  while  since  we  from  Boston  hither  came, 
We  poor  fishermen  are  not  to  blame. 

Indian. 
Your  Boston  Governor  no  good  me  sec  ; 
Our  Governor  much  better  man  than  he. 

These  Cannibals  thus  in  their  Indian  pride 


The  best  of  Governor's  scorn  and  deride. 
But  they  at  length  to  hasten  their  design, 
From  underneath  their  Blanket  pull'd  a  line 
With  which  his  Arms  they  would  have  compass'd 

round, 
But  he  so  strong  and  nimble  was  not  bound 
Till  he  got  out  the  Cuddy  door  at  last, 
Before  they  had  obtained  to  bind  him  fast. 
These  Cannibals  being  both  strong  and  bold 
And  upon  him  kept  fast  their  Indian  hold  : 
Thev  got  him  down  with  their  much  struggling, 
And  bound  his  arms  behind  him  with  their  string. 
The  other  three  which  kept  above  the  deek, 
Also  had  their  design  brought  to  effect. 
Looking  about  him  presently  he  found 
They  had  his  brother  Daniel  also  bound  ; 
For  they  with  him  had  acted  even  so, 
One  at  each  side  and  one  behind  did  go, 
And  down  they  sat,  he  not  aware  of  harm, 
The  rogue  behind  him  fasten'd  on  each  arm, 
And  twitch'd  them  back  ;  the  other  two  with  line 
Him  pinioned  :  so  thus  they  were  confined. 
They  ty'd  said  Daniel's  legs  he  could   not  stand, 
Nor  help  himself  neither  with  foot  nor  hand. 
They  struck  them  many  blows  on  face  and    head, 
And  their  long  Indian  knives  they  flourished  : 
Triumphing  over  them  and  saying,  Why  ! 
You  so  stout  man  that  you  no  Quarter  cry? 

Tilton. 
What  Indian  mean  to  act  so  in  this  thing, 
Now  Peace  between  the  English  and  French  King. 

Indtan. 
Hah  !  no  :  me  war,  your  Governor  no  good, 
He  no  love  Indians  me  understood. 

Tilton. 
What  ails  you  now,  you  sturdy  Captain  Sam, 
Do  Indian  now  intend  to  kill  and  cram? 

Indian. 
We  Governor  Shute's  men  kill  and  take, 
Penobscot  (All  one)  Boston  Prison  make. 


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IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     .MAY,     L8S0. 


Von  English  men  our  Indian  land  enjoy 
They  no  surrender,  then  we  them  destroy. 
Indian  bimeby  take  Captain  Westbrook's  fort, 
Some  kill,  Bome captive  take;  that  matchet  sport. 

On  board  them  a  young  lad,  and  not  confin'd 

They  made  him  hoist  the  anchor  to  their  mind. 

Then  admiral  of  this  same  harbor  rid, 

In  mighty  triumph  none  could  them  forbid. 

>->  two  of  these  Mack  rogues  in  their  canoes. 

On  Shore  they  go  to  cany  back  the  news: 

So  was  but  (bur  of  them  on  board  remain'd 

Of  whom  this  favour  Daniel  then  obtained 

For  tounty  his  legs  and  ease  his  hand. 

That  he  might  have  them  something  at  command. 

After  which  thing  he  presently  contrives 

What  method  then  to  lake  to  save    their    lives, 

(While  they  were  plundering  so  busily. 

lie  saw  a  splitting  knife  that  was  near  by, 

To  which  he  pics  and  turns  his  hack  about, 

Eyeing  them  well,  lest  they  should  find    him  out; 

And  so  he  woiks  said  knife  into  his  hand, 

With  which  he  cuts  his  line,  but  still  doth  stand. 

Although  two  of  said  Indians  him  Eye'd 

(They   did  not  know  hut  he  remain'd  fast  ty'd. 

Two  of  said  Indians  were  plundering, 

Down  the  forecastle  while  he  did  this  thing. 

The  other  two  80  watchful  and  so  shy. 

And  on  him  kept  a  constant  Indian  eye, 

That  he  stands  still  waiting  till  he  could  find 

A  time  when  they  did  him  not  so   much  mind  : 

But  when    for  plunder  they  to  searching  goes 

(Then  his  contrivance  presently  he  shows: 

lie  to  his  Brother  Jacob  runs  with  speed. 
And  cuts  his  line  :    now   both  of  them  are  freed. 
The   Indians  now  alarmed  hereby. 

In  In  lian  language  made  a  hideous  cry. 
Crying  Chau  fiau,  chau  hau,  for  they  espv'd 
That  both  these  Englishmen  were  got  unty'd  ; 

Like  roaring  Lyons  with  an  as  and    knives 
-Made  violent  assaults  to  take  their  lives  : 

But  God  who  had  determined  to  save, 
Undaunted  eou rage  unto  them  he  L;av«-: 


That  they  with  such  :i  manly  confidence, 

Allho  unarmed,  stood  in  their  own  defense  : 

And  tho  they  had  from  these  Mood  thirsty  hounds 
Received  many  dismal  stabs  and  (founds, 
While  in  their  skirmish  blood  was  up  and  hot. 
No  more  than  Flea  bites  them  they   minded  nut. 
Said  Daniel  still  retain'd  his  splitting  knife, 
Who  nimbly  ply'd  the  same  and  tit  for  life  ; 
With  one  hand  fended  off  the  Indian  blows, 
And  with  the  other  cross  the  f';,cc  and  nose 
Of  Captain  Sam,  until  his  pagan  head 
Was  chop'd  and  gash'd,  and  SO  much  mangled  j 
Hits  of  his  Indian  scalp  hung  down  in   Btl  ings, 
And  blood  run  pouring  thence  as  out  of    Springs. 

Jacob  said  Governor  bo  managed, 
He  was  so  maul'd  and  beat,  that  he  so  bled 
His  Indian  head  and  face  with  blood  was  dy'd, 
i  See  what  comes  of  his  swelling  Indian  pride,  ) 
Of  him  he  catch'd  fast  hold  and  up  him  brings 
Unto  the  vessel  side  and  overboard  him  flings. 
Then  Daniel  presently    took  Captain  Sam. 
And  brought  bis  Hand  about  his  Indian   ham, 
And  to  the  vessel  side  lie  nimbly  goes, 
And  his  black  carcass  in  the  water  throws. 
Now  by  this  time  behold  Jacob  his  brother. 
Of  these  black  rogues  had  catch'd  up  another, 
And  overboard  his  Indian  carcass  sent. 
To  scramble  in  the  water  as  he  went. 
Then  the  said  Daniel  run  the  fourth  to  catch, 
At  which  the  rogue  a  nimble  jump  did  fetch. 
And  over  board  he  goes  and  swims  to  shore; 
This  only  rogue  escaped  out  of  four. 

"'"••'I' the  other  three  he  swimmed  part  wav. 

At  length  sinks  down  and  there  was  forced  to  stay 

Two  of  the  other  rogues  with  much  ado, 
(  Sot  out  of  water  into  a  canoe. 
Which  to  the  Vessel  side  was  fastened, 
Them8elveS  awhile  in   it   they  sheltered. 
Said  Indians  on  board  had  left  a  gun. 
Unto  the  same  said  Jacob  Hlton  run, 
<  atching  it  up  to  shoot  them  it  mist  fire. 

Which  disappointed  him  of  his  < |,.^i, ,.. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     MAY,     1880. 


lie  catching  up  a  stout  groat  setting  Pole, 

With  all  his  might  he  struck  them  on  the  Jole, 

(Jiving  them  man}'  blows  upon  the  head. 

Over  the}'  turns,  and  sunk  like  any  lead. 

We  think  our  Country  now  at  Peace  might   rest, 

If  all  our  Indian  foes  were  thus  supprest. 

Let  God  the  glory  of  such  conquest  have, 

Who  can  by  few  as  well  as  many  save. 

Then  having  thus  despatched  this  Indian  crew, 

Then  presently  consulted  what  to  do  : 

Three  more  Canoes  laden  to  the  brim 

With  Indians  as  deep  as  they  could  swim, 

Come  padling  down  with  all  their  might  and  mein, 

Hoping  the  valient  Tilton's  to  retain. 

Daniel,  which  was  both  nimble,  stout  and  spry, 

He  fetch'd  an  ax,  and  running  presently 

He  cuts  the  cable  ;  then  the}'  hoist  the  sail, 

Leaving  their  Neighbours,  that  they  might  bewail 

Over  their  Governor  who  in  dispute, 

Had  termed  himself  as  great  as  good  as  Shute. 

Before  that  they  had  sailed  many  miles 

Their  wounds  began  to  be  as  sore  as  boils, 

From  whence  the  blood  run    streanrng   thro    the 

cloaths, 
Quite  from  the  shoulders  down  unto  their  toes, 
There  the}'  sat  down  in  woful  misery, 
Expecting  every  m  ">ment  when  to  die  ; 
Not  having  anything  to  chear  tbeir  heart, 
Nor  dress  their  wounds  to  ease  them  of  the  smart. 
And  verily  we  think  had  perished 
Had  not  the  lad,  which  has  been  mentioned, 
Been  very  helpful  in  this  sore  distress. 
Wrhat  reason  then  had  they  of  thankfulness 
That  God  hath  spared  him  from  this  Indian    crew 
For  to  help  them  when  they  could  nothing  do. 
After  they  had  from  foes  escape!  thus, 
They  sailed  and  came  into  Mintinnicus, 
Nigh  twenty  four  hours  if  not  more, 
They  were  a-coming  from  the  former  shore  : 
Here  they  among  the  English  find  relief, 
Who  dress  their  wounds  which  ease  them  of  their 

erief. 


Their  course  for  Ipswich  town  the}*  next  contrive, 
Where  in  few  days  their  Vessel  did  arrive  : 
Through  so  much  danger,  misery  and  pain, 
They  are  returned  to  their  friends  again. 
Thus  have  I  summed  up  this  tragick  scene, 
As  from  their  mouths  it  told  to  me  has  been  ; 
No  alteration,  but  in  some  expressions 
Us'd  other  words  :  then  pardon  such  digressions 
Since  I  us'd  such  only  for  sake  of  verse, 
Which  might  not   less    nor  more  than   truth  re- 
hearse, 
Your  candid  servant  in  this  poetrie 
Described  in  letters  two  W.  G. 


Queries.     Thomas   Adams   of   Ipswich,   born 
1G72,  had  wife  Bethiah.     What  was  her  maiden 


surname 


Francis  Sawyer  or  Sayer,  of  Wells,  married 
in  170")  Elisabeth  Dennis  of  Ipswich.  Whose 
daughter  was  she? 


The  following  item  taken  from  theGroton  town 
records  will  have  interest : 

•'Nov.  30,  J.663.  John  Mosse  of  Ipswitch  is 
accepted  by  the  Towne  to  pay  the  alotment  of 
John  Lawranc  Juni'r." 

John  Morse  was  the  sixth  town  clerk  of  Groton, 
holding  the  office  from  the  year  1670  to  1670, 
when  that  town  was  burned  by  the  Indians,  and 
subsequently  from  1079  to  1681.  He  was  the 
son  of  Joseph  Morse  of  Ipswich,  and  a  native  of 
England.  He  wrote  a  handsome  hand  and  was 
an  accomplished  man.  He  removed  from  Groton 
to  Watertown  about  the  year  1099. 


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[PSWK  II.     M  USS.,     JINK     1880. 


NO.      IX. 


Rev.  Thou  va  (  Iobbkt's  I  loi  se.  From  a 
drawing  hy  Arthur  W.  Dow,  1880.  This  house, 
on  Easi  street,  was  built  by  Thomas  Firman, 
who  sold  it  to  Rev.  John  Norton,  in  1638.  Mr. 
Norton  sold  it  to  Mr.  Cobl>et.  Mr.  Cobbel  was 
in  Ipswich  a^  early  as  1656.  Mr.  Norton's  will, 
dated  11  Fan.  1661,  gives  his  brother  William 
Norton,  the  100  pounds  due  un*o  him  for  liia 
house  iii  Ipswich,  which  Mr.  Cobbett  now  dwell- 
<-th  in.  and  the  land  he  bought  of  Matthew  Whip- 
ple, deceased,  now  in  the  occupation  of  Good- 
man Annable.  Mr.  Cobbel  in  his  will  gives  to 
his  wife,  Elisabeth,  '•  My  dwelling  house  in  Ips- 
wich, con  Armed  lately  to  be  my  own  by  Mr.  Wil- 


liara  Norton,  impowered  thereto  by  his  Brother, 
Mr.  John  Norton  his  will. 

In  1676,  Mr.  Cohhet  writing  to  Rev.    Increase 

Mather,  mentions  his  >on.  Elisha  Cobbet,  sick  of 
consumption,  "insomuch  thai  he  who  could  not 
walk  up  and  down  the  room  without  staggering, 
c.nild  walk  np  thai  high  hill  (which  von  know  of.) 
liehiud  Mr.  Norton's  now  our  house." 


Mch  1,  L725.  The  Humble  Petition  of  Wil- 
liam ^tone  sheweth,  Thai  said  stone,  being  an 
antienl    man,    and    very   uncapable  of  getting  a 

Livelj  1 1  otherw  ays  than  keeping  School,  prays 

that  he  may  have  Liberty  of  Keeping  Scl 1  in  a 

Room  in  the  rowns  Alms  House  the  next  year 
to  come.  Theuseofthe  westerly  middle  Room 
was  granted. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     JUNE     1880. 


Thomas  Oobbet's  Captivity.    1676. 
By  Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard. 

Mr.  Thomas  Cobbet,  son  of  the  Reverened  and 
worthy  minister  of  the  Gospel,  Mr.  Thomas  Cob- 
bet,  (Pastor  of  the  church  at  Ipswich,  a  Town 
within  the  Massachusetts  Jurisdiction,)  who  had 
all  the  time  of  his  sons  captivity,  together  with 
his  friends,  wrestled  with  God  in  their  daily 
prayers  for  his  release,  and  accordingly  he  was 
with  the  more  joy  received  by  his  friends,  as  an 
answer  and  return  of  their  prayers. 

The  said  young  man  had  lived  with  Mr.  Fryer, 
Merchant  of  Portsmouth,  for  some  years  before, 
and  had  been  oft  at  sea  with  Mr.  James  Fiyer, 
the  eldest  son  of  the  said  merchant,  and  who  had 
after  much  experience  of  his  faithfulness,  dexteri- 
ty and  courage  on  all  such  accompts,  borne  him 
so  much  respect  that  when  he  was  urged  by  his 
father  to  go  along  with  Mr.  Ghendal,  as  was  said 
before,  he  could  not  venture  unless  his  friend 
Thomas  Cobbet  would  go  along  with  him.  The 
service  which  he  only  for  his  friend's  sake  accep- 
ted, which  proved  a  fatal  adventure  to  Mr.  James 
Fryer,  and  might  have  done  to  the  other  also, 
had  not  God  otherwise  disposed  of  him,  having, 
as  is  hoped,  more  service  for  him  in  the  land  of 
the  living.  Amongst  all  the  prisoners  taken  at 
the  time,  the  said  Thomas  Cobbet  seemed  to  have 
had  the  hardest  portion.  For  besides  the  des- 
perate dangers  that  he  escaped  before  he  was  tak- 
en, first  by  a  bullet  shot  through  his  waistcoat ; 
2dly  by  a  drunken  indian  who  had  a  knife  at  his 
throat  to  cut  it,  when  his  hands  were  bound : 
When  the  Indians  came  to  share  the  prisoners 
amongst  them,  he  fell  into  the  hands  of  one  of 
the  ruggedest  fellows,  by  whom  within  a  few  days 


after  he  was  surprised,  he  was  carried  first  from 
Black  point  to  Shipscot  river  in  the  Ketch  which 
the  Indians  made  them  to  sail  for  them  into  the 
said  river ;  from  thence  he  was  made  to  travel 
with  his  Pateroon  four  or  five  miles  overland  to 
Damaniscotta,  where  he  was  compelled  to  row  or 
paddle  a  canoo  about  55  miles  further  to  Penob- 
scot, and  there  taking  leave  of  all  his  English 
friends,  at  least  for  the  winter,  he  was  put  to 
paddle  a  canoe  up  50  or  60  miles  further  eastward 
to  an  Island  called  Mt.  Desart,  where  his  Pater- 
oon used  to  keep  his  winter  station  and  to  appoint 
his  hunting  voyages  ;  and  in  that  desert  like  con- 
dition was  the  poor  young  man  forced  to  continue 
nine  weeks  in  the  service  of  a  savage  miscreat, 
who  sometimes  would  tyrannize  over  him,  because 
he  could  not  understand  his  language,  and  for 
want  thereof  he  might  occasion  him  to  miss  of  his 
game  or  the  like.  Whatever  sickness  he  was  ob- 
noxious unto  by  change  of  Diet  or  other  account, 
he  could  expect  no  other  allowance  than  the  wig- 
wam will  afford.  If  Joseph  be  in  the  prison  so 
long  as  God  is  with  him  there  he  shall  be  preserv- 
ed and  in  due  nme  remembered. 

After  the  end  of  the  nine  weeks  the  Indian 
whom  he  was  to  serve  had  spent  all  his  powder ; 
whereupon  on  the  sudden  he  took  up  a  resolution 
to  send  his  young  man  down  to  Penobscot  to 
Mounsier  Casteen  to  procure  more  powder  to  kill 
moose  and  deer,  which  it  seems  is  all  their  way  of 
living  at  Mt.  Desart.  The  Indian  was  certainly 
overruled  by  Divine  Providence  in  sending  his 
captive  down  thither ;  for  a  few  days  before,  as  it 
seems,  after  the  Indians  in  that  place  had  been 
Powawing  together,  he  told  him  that  there  were 
two  English  vessels  then  come  into   Pemaquid  or 


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Penobscot,  which  proved  so  indeed:  yet  i1  was 
Dot  minded  h\  him  surely,  when  he  sent  his  cap- 
tive thither  for  powder,  for  ii  proved  the  means 
of  his  escape,  which  Pateroon  might  easily  have 
conjectured,  if  it  had  not  been  bid  from  him.  As 
Boon  as  lif  arrived  at  Penobscot,  he  metwitb 
Mugg,  who  presently  saluted  him  by  the  name. 
Mi  Cobbet,  and  taking  him  by  the  hand  told  him 
fie  had  been  at  his  lather's  house,  (which  was 
Nov.  1  <>r  _  before,  as  he  passed  through  Ipswich 
to  Boston,)  and  had  promised  to  send  him   home 

us  he   returned. Madockawando   taking 

notice  of  what  Mugg  was  speaking  that  way,  al- 
though  he  were  willing  that  lie  should  lie  released 
according  to  ageeeiuent,  (his  Pateroon  being  one 
of  this  Sagamores  subjects,  though  during  the 
Hunting  voj'ageofthe  winter  he  lived  at  such  a 
distance  from  him,)  began  to  demand  something 
for  satisfaction  in  a  way  of  ransom,  not  under- 
standing before  that  his  father  was  a  great  preach- 
maii.  as  they  used  to  call  it.  Reply  wan  made  to 
bim  that  he  should  have  something  in  lieu  of  a 
ransom,  viz.,  a  line  coat  which  they  had  for  him 
aboard  the  vessel ;  the  which  the  Sagamore  de- 
sired to  see  before  he  would  absolutely  grant  his 
release;  but  upon  sight  of  the  said  coat  he  seem- 
ed very  well  satisfied,  and  gave  him  liberty  to  re- 
turn home. 

Whilst  this  Mr.  ThomasCobbet  was  a  prisoner 
at  Ml.  Dcsart  going  along  with  the  Indians  to 
bunt,  in  an  extreme  cold  day.  he  was  so  over- 
come with  the  sharpness  thereof,  that  all  his  Bens- 

es  were  suddenly  benumned,  so  as   he  fell  down 

in  the  snow,  not  being  able  t'>  stir  hand  or  loot. 
And  had  without  doubt  there  perished  in  a  little 
iine,  lnit  that  the     Indians    he    was   going    along 


with  missing  him,  presently  ran  about  the  woods 
loseek  him,  and  when  they  found  him  they  were 
either  so  pitiful   to  him,  or  so  careful  of  their  own 

1  as  nol   to  east  away  a  likeh   young  man  from 

whom  they  expected  either  much  service  or  good 
ransom,  for  want  of  a  little  care  to  preserve  his 
life,  wherefore  taking  him  upon  their  shoulders 
they  carried  him  into  the  next  wigwam,  so  as  he 
soon  after  revived  and  came  to  himself  again 
without  any  further  mischief. 

A.t  another  time  the  savage  villain  whose  pris- 
oner hi;  was  so  long,  as  he  had  strong  liquor  for 
five  days  together  was  so  drunk  that  he  was  like 
a  furious  mad  beast,  so  as  no  one  durst  come 
near  him  ;  his  squaw  he  almost  brained  in  one  of 
those  drunken  fits.  The  said  Thomas  was' forced 
to  get  out  of  his  sight  into  the  wood  all  that  night 
for  fear  of  being  mischiefed  by  him,  where  mak- 
ing a  fire  he  kept  himself  alive.  The  squaws  be- 
ing by  God's  special  Providence  so  inclined  to 
pity  that  they  came  to  him  daily  with  victuals,  by 
which  means  he  was  at  that  time  also  preserved. 
All  which  put  together  makes  his  deliverance  the 
more  remarkable  as  an  answer  to  prayer. 


1638-9,  Mch  l:!.     Maschanomet,  the  sagamore 

of  Agawam,  acknowledged  that  bee  had    received 
20£ of  Mr.  John  Winthrope,  [unior,    for  all   his 

land  in  Ipswich,  for  wch  hee    acknowledged    him- 
selfe  fully  satisfied. 

1689,    Nov.    .">.      It  was    ordered    that    Ipswich 
should  satisf)  Mr.  Winthrope  for  the  20/  paid  the 

Indian  for  his  right. 

1683.    John  Hardy  and  William   Hardy  were 

laborers    for    Mr.    .John   Winthrop.    and  he   gave 
them  lands  iii  Ipswich. 


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TRIBUTARY  LINES.— By    Dr.  Dan  v. 

1802.  In  Memory  of  a  Youth,  [Samuel  Wood- 
bury,] who  was  drowned  near  his  father's  house, 
March  19,  1802,  aged  15.  Son  of  Major  Wood- 
bury. 

How  yearns  the  parent-heart  with  love, 

How  dear  an  only  son  ! 
And  yet  how  frail  these  comforts  prove, 

And,  ah  !  how  soon  are  gone. 

Sure  the  blest  Power  who  formed  the  mind, 

Delights  not  in  its  pain  ; 
But  sorrow's  needful  and  designed 

For  men's  eternal  gain. 

Come  see  the  hope  of  man  destroyed  ; 

See — to  the  vale  of  death, 
A.n  unsuspecting  yonth  decoyed, 

And  yielding  up  his  breath. 

In  early  morn  he  took  his  way 

Down  to  the  river's  side, 
Lured  by  the  charms  of  opening  day, 

And  streams  that  gently  glide. 

There  on  the  floating  ice  embarked, 
The  youth  his  pleasures  sought : 

No  friend  his  dangerous  progress  marked, 
Or  timely  succor  brought. 

Let  floods  of  tears  relate  the  rest, 
And  groans  that  pierce  the  skies, 

The  mother  calls, — then  smites  her  breast, 
Gone,  gone  !  the  father  cries. 

The  neighbors  flock  with  feeling  hearts : 

Blest  be  the  heavenly  power, 
For  all  that  sympathy  imparts, 

To  soothe  a  doleful  hour. 

All  day  they  search  the  waters  o'er, 

Yet  none  can  find  the  place 
Where  sleeps  the  Youth,  to  wake  no  more, 

Wrapt  in  their  cold  embrace. 

Ah  !  how  reduced  is  human  hope, 
One  favor  now  implore  : 


■'  Let  the  cold  clay  be  wafted  up, 
And  find  a  grave  on  shore  !" 

But  how  mysterious  that  power, 

Which  thus  assuages  grief, 
That  naught  on  earth  could  com  fort  more 

Than  now  this  strange  relief. 

It  comes  more  precious  by  delay  : 

Parents  with  grateful  hands 
Shroud  and  inter  the  lifeless  clay. 

As  tender  love  commands. 

And  oh,  Thou  Sovereign  of  the  mind, 
Now  set  their  hearts  at  rest, 

In  pure  subjection  all  resigned. 
And  make  their  sorrows  blest. 

Let  their  weaned  hearts  to  Thee  ascend, 

To  pay  the  homage  due, 
And  never  more  on  reeds  depend 

Which  break  and  pierce  them  thro'. 

Be  Thou  henceforth  their  All  in  all, 
Their  joy,  their  hope  and  trust ; 

And  soon  the  wormwood  and  the  gall, 
Shall  lose  their  bitter  gust. 

Come  young  Maria  learn  to  die, 
Come  love  and  seek  your  God  ; 

The  vanities  of  life  deny, 

And  tread  the  heavenly  road. 

Thus  you'll  console  your  parents  dear, 

Live  happy  while  you  stay  ; 
And  yours  is  "heaven's  eternal  year," 

Whene'er  you're  called  away. 


Rev.  Mr.  Frisbie  writes:  "  1803,  July  ye  28, 
died  Samuel  Lord,  Jun'r  distinguished  by  the 
name  of  "Cape  Ann,"  aged  73.  Consumption." 
Other  of  the  Lord  family  were  "distinguished"  in 
former  days,  we  recall : — Hatter  Sam,Torey  Sam, 
Cape  Ann  Sam,  Mackerell  John,  Melitia  John, 
India  John,  Capt.  John,  Squire  Nat,  Hatter  Nat, 
Handy  Nat,  Capt  Nat.     Who  remembers  more? 


?? 


gmtiqumimt 


VOL.     I. 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     JULY,     1880. 


NO.       X. 


Contixi  i  d  prom  April  Ni  user. 
HISTORY    OF    GRAMMAR    school. 

BY    ABRAHAM     IIAMMATT. 

.  [Printed  from  the  JlfS  in  Public  Library.] 

About  this  time — 1720 — there  arose  a  difficulty 
between  the  Town  and  Feoffees.  It  was  contend- 
ed by  the  Town  that  "a9  respected  the  School 
farm  and  other  lands  granted  by  the  town,  no 
power  was  given  by  the  town  to  their  trustees  to 
appoint  successors  in  that  trust  for  receiving  and 
applying  the  rents,  or  of  ordaining  and  directing 
the  affairs  of  the  school."  The  tenants  of  the 
school  farm  availing  themselves  of  this  quibble, 
refused  to  pay  the  rents, — as  they  have  done 
since,  in  our  time. 

The  town,  bj'  their  selectmen,  assumed  the 
control  of  the  school  and  its  property.  The  Feof- 
fees, after  entering  a  protest  on  their  records, 
Been  to  have  retired  from  the  contest. 

14  At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen,  June  20, 
1720,  Mr.  Henry  Wise  accepted  the  offer  the  se- 
lectmen made  him  for  keeping  the  school  for  the 
year  ensuing,  accordingly  the  selectmen  delivered 
the  key  of  the  school  house,  and  he  began  to  in- 
struct the  grammar  school  accord ingby." 

Mr.  Wise  kept  the  school  eight  years  and  was 
succeeded  by  Thomas  Norton,  jun'r,  before  men- 
tioned. 

Daniel  Staniford  who  was  graduated  at  II.  C. 
in  17:;-;,  kept  the  school  five  years,     1740-5.      lie 

afterwards  became  a  successful  merchant,   and 

was  representative  of  the  town  three  years,  1755, 


<»,  7.  He  was  succeeded  by  Benjamin  Crocker, 
who  kept  the  school  in  the  yean  1746-7,  after 
which  the  town  appear  to  have  given  up  the 
school  altogether. 

The  Town  brought  an  action  at  law  against  the 
tenants  of  the  school  farm  in  1721,  which  linger- 
ed until  1729,  when  we  find  "the  town  received 
£100  of  Gifford  Cogswell  on  acct  of  Charges  at 
Law  abt  the  School  Farm." 

This  sum  the  Town  ordered  to  be  distributed 
to  the  several  parishes,  "to  be  used  towards  the 
support  of  reading  and  writing  schools."  There 
was  paid  under  this  order  tu  Henry  Spillar,  who 
kept  a  school  in  the  first  parish,  41  pounds;  to 
Hamlet  committee  20  pounds;  to  the  Chebacco 
committee  20  pounds;  to  Mark  How,  probably 
for  Linebrook,  4/  18,  9  ;  to  Moses  Davis  for  his 
neighborhood  6,  11,  10;  to  Deacon  Fellows  for 
his  neighborhood  2/,  1.  This  seems  to  have  been 
the  germ  of  our  District  Schools. 

"  The  selectmen,  May  22,  17.'!2,  appoint  Hen- 
ry Spillar  to  keep  school  for  teaching  in  reading, 
writing,  and  cyphering  ;  the  town  having  allowed 
him  the  use  of  the  room  at  the  southeasterly  end 
of  the  almshouse  for  that  service." 

The  trustees  of  the  first  parish  under  the  same 
date  agree  with  Mr.  Henry  Spillar,  schoolmaster, 
to  keep  said  school  one  quarter  of  a  year,  for 
which  he  is  to  receive  8  pounds,  pari  of  a  greater 
stun  already  In  the  treasurers  hands  granted  by 
the  town. 

The  assistance  afforded  by  the  hundred  pounds 


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was  extended  over  three  years,  1730,  1,  2  ;  after 
which  there  docs  not  appear  to  have  been  any 
further  aid  granted  until  1740. 

"  At  a  meeting  of  the  selectmen,  April  8,  1734, 
Henry  Spillar  is  allowed  and  approbated  to  set 
up  a  school  in  the  town  of  Ipswich  for  teaching 
and  instructing  children  or  youth  in  reading  ur 
writing,  he  being  a  person  of  sober  and  good 
conversation.  The  selectmen  do  not  promise 
him  any  encouragement  for  his  services  herein, 
other  than  what  the  parents  or  masters  of  the 
children  he  shall  instruct  are  willing  to  give  him 
themselves." 

In  1740  the  Town  began  the  practice  of  grant- 
ing the  grammar  school  funds  in  aid  of  the  dis- 
trict schools,  which  it  continued  to  do  as  long  as 
the  property  was  under  its  control.  Since  the 
resumption  of  the  direction  of  the  school  and  its 
funds  by  the  Feoffees,  the  Town  has  continued  to 
appropriate  money  raised  in  the  usual  way  for 
the  support  of  free  public  schools. 

In  1749  Mr.  Jonathan  Wade  was  the  only  sur- 
vivor of  the  Feoffees.  He  was  son  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Wade  and  grandfather  of  the  late  Col. 
Nathaniel  Wade  the  father  of  our  present  worthy 
clerk  and  treasurer.  [William  Foster  Wade.] 
Thus  we  see  five  generations  of  this  estimable 
family  giving  their  services  to  this  institution. 
Of  the  associates  of  Mr.  Wade,  Major  Whipple 
and  Daniel  Rogers,  Esq.,  died  in  1722  ;  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Fitch  removed  from  Ipswich  in  1734;  Col. 
Samuel  Appleton  and  John  Denison,  Esq.,  died 
the  same  year ;  Col.  John  Appleton  died  in  1739  ; 
Major  Eppes  died  in  1741,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Rogers  in  1745.  Mr.  Wade,  Feb.  10,  1749,  ap- 
pointed the  Hon.  Thomas  Berry,  Col.  Daniel  Ap- 


pleton, Major  Samuel  Rogers,  Mr  Benjamin 
Crocker,  and  others  whose  names  are  obliterated 
from  the  record  to  fill  the  vacancies. 

In  175G,  after  the  decease  of  Mr.  Wade,  (who 
died  February  9,  1749-50,)  an  Act  was  obtained 
from  the  "Great  and  General  Court,"  for  regula- 
ting the  Grammar  School  in  Ipswich  and  for  the 
incorporating  certain  persons  to  manage  and  di- 
rect the  same."  The  preamble  of  the  act  runs 
thus  : — "Whereas  divers  piously  disposed  Persons 
in  the  first  settlement  of  the  Town  of  Ipswich, 
within  the  County  of  Essex  granted  and  con- 
veyed to  Feofees  in  Trust  and  to  such  their  suc- 
cessors in  the  same  Trust  as  those  Feofees  should 
appoint  to  hold  perpetual  succession,  certain 
Lands,  Tenements,  and  annuities,  by  them  men- 
tioned for  the  use  of  school  Learning  in  said 
Town  forever ;  of  which  Feofees  the  Hon'ble 
Thomas  Berry,  Esq.,  Daniel  Appleton  and  Sam- 
uell  Rogers,  Esq'rs,  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Crocker 
are  the  only  survivors,  and  whereas  the  Town  of 
Ipswich  did  also  in  their  laudable  concern  for  pro- 
moting Learning  about  the  same  time  and  for  the 
same  use  give  and  grant  to  certain  Persons  in  said 
Grant  mentioned  and  to  such  others  as  said 
Town  should  appoint,  a  large  Farm,  then  Called 
a  Neck  of  Land,  situate  in  Chebacco  in  the  Same 
Town,  with  some  other  lands  adjoining,  all  which 
Farm  and  Lands  were  soon  after  leased  out  for 
the  space  of  One  Thousand  Years;  the  Rents  to 
be  applied  to  the  Use  of  Learning  in  said  Town 
as  aforesaid  :  But  (as  is  apprehended  by  some,) 
no  Power  was  given  by  the  said  Town  to  their 
Trustees  to  appoint  successors  in  that  Trust  for 
receiving  and  applying  the  Rents,  or  Ordering  and 
Directing  the  Affairs  of  the  School  in  said  Town, 


*/ 


IPSWICH,     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     JULY,     L880. 


as  in  the  first  mentioned  case  is  provided;  from 
which  Difference  in  the  original  Construction  of 
those  Grants,  which  were  all  designed  for  one 
.•mil  the  sain*-  use.  considerable  Disputes  have 
already  arisen  between  the  said  Town  and  the 
Feoffees ;  and  nol  only  so,  but  some  Doubts  are 
started  whether  it  is  in  the  Powerof  eaid  Town 
or  Feoffees  to  compel  the  Pa3*ment  of  the  Rents 
of  the  Farm  and  adjoining  Land  before  mentioned. 
And  inasmuch  a.s  the  said  Town  of  Ipswich  by 
their  Vote  of  the  22  Day  of  January,  17."><;,  by 
and  with  the  Consent  of  the  Feoffees  have  agreed 
to  apply  to  this  Court  for  Aid  in  the  Manner  in 
the  said  Vote  mentioned." 

The  act  incorporated  "The  aforementioned 
Thomas  Berry,  Daniel  Appleton  and  Samuel 
Rogers,  Esquires,  with  Mr.  Benjamin  Crocker, 
the  present  surviving  Feoffees,  on  the  part  of  the 
private  persons  granting  lands  as  aforesaid  to- 
gether with  Francis  Choate,  Esq'r,  Capt  Nathan- 
iel Treadwell  and  Mr. John  Patch,  Juu'r  three  of 
the  presehl  Belecl  men  of  said  Town,  a  joint  com- 
mittee' or  Feoffees  in  trust  with  full  power  to 
grant  leases  of  the  land  ;  to  recover  rents  and  an- 
nuities ;  to  appoint  grammar  school  masters,  and 
agree  for  their  salaries ;  to  appoint  a  clerk  and 
treasurer;  and  iffound  necessary  to  impose  some 
moderate  sum  of  money  to  he  paid  by  such  schol- 
ara  as  may  attend  said  school  for  making  up  and 
upplying  any  deficiency  that  may  happen  in  the 
yearly  income  and  annuities  of  >*id  lands,  for  de- 
fraying  the   necessary    charges  that  may   arise 

from  said  school,"  &C. 

The  act  also  provides,  '"That  if  either  the  Baid 
Thomas  Berry,  Daniel  Appleton,  Samuel  Rogers, 
01  Benjamin  Crocker  shall  decease  <>r  remove  oul 


of  said  town  of  Ipswich,  or  otherwise  become  in- 
capable or  unfit  to  discharge  said  trust,  it  shall 
and  may  be  lawful  for  the  surviving  and  qualified 
remainder  of  those  four  gentlemen  to  appoint 
ome  other  suitable  person  or  person 9  in  his  or 
their  room  so  deceasing,  removing,  or  otherwise 
unqualified,  a.  curding  to  the  original  intention  of 
their  first  appointment,  so  as  to  keep  up  the  Bame 
number  of  lour  Feoffees  thus  constituted  and  no 
more:  and  no  person  to  be  appointed  a  Feoffee 
but  an  inhabitant  of  Ipswich,  and  the  aforemen- 
tioned selectmen  shall  from  year  to  year  he  suc- 
ceeded by  the  three  oldest  in  that  office  of  the  se- 
lectmen of  said  town  for  the  time  being,  other 
than  such  of  them  as  may  be  also  one  of  the  alore 
said  four  I'Voll'ees." 

This  act  was  limited  to  ten  years  from  March  I, 
17.")G.  Before  this  term  expired  another  act  was 
passed  reciting  the  preamble  and  enactments  of 
tin;  first  with  some  slight  variations  in  phraseology 
and  substituting  the  names  of  Col.  John  Choate 
Aaron  Potter,  and  Francis  Choate,  Esquires,  in 
the  place  of  those  of  Col.  Berry  and  Daniel  Ap 
pie  ton,  Ks<j'r,  deceased,  and  of  Mr.  Benjamin 
Crocker  removed  from  Ipswich,  and  also  the 
names  of  Michael  Farley,  Samuel  Burnham,  and 
Samuel  Lord  the  3d,  the  then  Selectmen  in    place 

of  those  in  the  former  act.     This  act  which    was 
limited  to  twenty  years  from   March,    1766,    was 
made  perpetual  by  an  act  of  the  General  Coart  of 
this  Commonwealth,  passed  in  1787. 
To  be    Continued. 


1802,   Oct.   11.      Heard  of  the  death    of   Aaron 

Appleton.  who  died  on  his  passage  from   Gauda- 

lOUpe,   Sept.        Yellow   level'.  —  /Y 


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Ohoate  Bridge —1764. 

From    the    Hist.    Coll.    Essex   Institute.     Fur- 
nished by  Mr.  Francis  H.    Wade. 

Lines  composed  by  Mr  Clark,  a  blind  man,  (of 
Rowley,)  in  1764,  and  recited  by  him  on  the 
Bridge  in  the  presence  of  Col.  Choate  and  sever- 
al other  persons,  before  the  guard  walls  were 
done,  although  the  Bridge  was  so  far  finished  as 
to  be  passable.  Among  the  spectators  was 
Nathaniel  Dutch,  then  a  lad,  who  heard  the 
verses  recited,  and  repeated  them  from  memory, 
December,  1831 ;  previous  to  which  time  it  is  not 
known  that  they  were  ever  penned  or  printed  : 

Behold  this  Bridge  of  lime  and  stone, 
The  like  before  was  never  known 
For  beauty  and  magnificence, 
Considering  the  small  expense. 

How  it  excels  what  was  expected, 
Upon  the  day  it  was  projected  ! 
When  faithful  men  are  put  in  trust, 
They'll  not  let  all  the  money  rust. 

But  some  advance  for  public  good 
Is  by  this  fabric  understood  ; 
And  after  this  it  will  be  wrote 
In  honor  of  brave  Colonel  Choate. 

It  was  his  wisdom  built  the  same, 
And  added  lustre  to  his  fame, 
That  filled  this  County  with  renown, 
And  did  with  honor  Ipswich  crown. 


Mr.  Nelson  D.  Adams,  Washington,  D.  C.  has 
in  course  of  compilation  a  Record  of  the  De- 
scendants of  William  Adams,  Cambridgeport, 
1635,  Ipswich,  1641 ;  and  solicits  the  co-opera- 
tion of  all  who  may  have  information  concerning 
him  or  his  descendants. 


The  Ladies  of  Ipswich  presented  the  Denison 
Light  Infantry  with  a  Standard.  The  presenta- 
tion speech  was  written  by  Nathaniel  Lord,  Esq., 
and  delivered  by  Miss  Caroline  Goldsmith  Har- 
ris. A  lady  who  was  present  distinctly  remem- 
bers this  sentence:  "The  renowned  Denison 
though  a  man  of  war  was  pre-eminently  a  man  of 
peace."  The  standard  was  edged  with  silver 
fringe, — the  gift  of  Mrs.  Asa  Andrews.  It  had 
been  previously  used  on  an  elegant  dress,  worn 
by  Mrs.  Andrews  in  her  young  life,  at  a  ball  in 
Newburyport. 

[Can  any  one  furnish  any  recollections  of  this 
Company  for  publication?] 

Will  some  one  give  us  an  account  of  the  Re- 
ception of  Lafayette  in  Ipswich? 

An  old  diary  in  our  possession  has  this  record  : 
"  1824,  August  31.  Great  parade  and  splendor 
have  marked  this  day.  Lafayette  was  received 
and  welcomed  as  he  passed  through  town." 

In  1735  the  Town  of  Winchendon  was  granted 
to  Lieut.  Abraham  Tilton  of  Ipswich,  and  60 
others.  All  but  eight  of  this  company  were  of 
Ipswich.  It  was  specified  in  the  grant  that  pref- 
erence was  to  be  given  to  the  descendants  of  the 
officers  and  soldiers  who  served  in  the  expedition 
to  Canada,  in  1600.  From  1735  to  its  incorpora- 
tion in  1764,  Winchendon  was  called  Ipswich 
Canada. 

Where  was  the  town  residence  of  Col.  Thomas 
Berry  ? 

1783,  March.  Died  Capt.  Moses  Harris,  on 
board  a  Prison  Ship  at  New  York. 


Published  by  A.  Caldwell  and  A.  W.  Dow. 


Antiquarian  papers. 


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NO.     XI 


John   Dunton's  Visit. 


John  Dunton  came  to  Boston  in  1686,  with  "a 
great  Venture  of  Learning."  He  took  lodgings 
with  Richard  Wilkins.  From  Boston  bejournj'ed 
to  various  towns  to  dispose  of  his  books.  When 
he  came  to  Ipswich  he  was  accompanied  by  Com- 
fort Wilkins.  daughter  of  Richard.  Comfort's 
aunt,  (M re.  Anne  Stewart.)  lived  here.  .Mr  Wil- 
liam Siewartcame  to  Ipswich  about  1684.  During 
the  few  years  of  liis  life  be  was  prominent  socially 
and  officially.  He  presented  the  North  Church 
with  a  Silver  Cup:  "  Mr.  William  Stewarts  Gift 
to  ye  Church  ofJpswieh,  June  1693."  In  Judge 
Sewall's  Diary  we  find  that  be  had  for  an  appren- 
t  ice.  James  Taylor : 

-  -  -J  n  in*  2d,  1691.  Mr.  Edward  Taylor  puts 
his  .son  James  to  Mr.  steward,  Shop  Keeper  of 
Ipswich,  Coi  Seven  years,  to  serve  him  as  an  Ap- 
rentice.  Term  t<>  begin  the  lirst  of  July  next. 
Mi.  Taylor  desires  me  to  represent  himself  in 
making  the  Indenture,  if  Mr.  Steward  desire  the 
accomplishment  of  it  befor  1  le  comes  down  again." 

Stewart  died  in  1693:  "  Here  Lyeth  ye  Rody 
of  William  Stewart.  Aged  about  11  years.  Dyed 
August  ye.'!.  1693."  Judge  Sewall  writes:  ''Sab- 
bath, Augt  6,    1693.      This    evening    I     hear   that 

Mr  Steward  of  Ipswich  is  dead."  He  left  a  widow, 
Anne,  and  one  child,  Margaret,  ten  years  of  age. 
IJi>  bonse  and  land  were  valued  at  £300,  and  his 
whole  estate  at  t'\  117.  6,    I. 

Anne  Stewart  married  {■>)  Judge  Gedney  of 
Salem.  In  1697,  a  few  week-,  after  her  marriage 
the  Judge  attended  the  Newbury  Court:  she  ac- 
companied him  as  Car  as  Ipswich  to  visit  her 
friends,  and  while  here  died  suddenly,  <  >ct  15, 
1697.  [See  Antiq.  Paper,  Nov.  L879.]  The 
Judge  was  appointed  guardian  of  Margaret. 


John  Dunton  was  entertained  by  the  Stewarts. 
Dunton's  descriptions  were  written  for  bis  wife, 
who  was  Elisabeth  Annesley.     John   Wesley  was 

her  nephew.      The  record  : — 

"  My  Landlady.  Mrs.  Wilkins.  having  a  sister 
at  Ipswich  which  she  had  not  Been  a  great  while, 
M re.  Comfort  ber  daughter,  (a  young  gentlewo- 
man equally  happy  in  the  perfections  both  of  her 
body  and  mind,)  had  a  greal  desire  to  see  her 
aunt,  having  never  been  at  her  house,  nor  in  that 
part  of  the  country :  which  Philaret  having  a  de- 
sire to  see,  and  being  never  backward  to  accomo- 
date the  Fair  Sex.  profers  bis  service  to  wait  up- 
on her  thither,  which  was  readily  accepted  by  the 
younglady,  who  felt  herself  safe  under  his  protec- 
tion. Nor  were  her  parents  less  willing  to  trust 
her  with  him.  All  things  being  ready  for  our 
ramble.  I  took  my  fair  one  up  behind  me  and  rid 
on  our  way,  I  and  m\  Fair  Fellow  Traveller  to 
Mr.  Stewards  whose  Wife  was  Mis.  Comfort's 
own  Aunt:  whose  Joy  to  see  her  Niece  at  Ips- 
wich was  sufficiently  Expressed  by  the  Nuble  Re- 
ception we  met  with,  and  the  Treatment  we  found 
there;  which  far  outdid  whate'er  we  cou'd  have 
thought.  And  tho  myself  was  but  a  stranger  to 
them,  yet  the  extraordinary  civility  and  respect 
theyshewed  me.  gave  me  reason  enough  to  think 
1  was  very  welcome.  It  was  laic  when  we  came 
thither,  and  we  were  both  very  weary,  which  ret 
would  not  eXCUSe  us  from    the     trouble   of   a    very 

splendid  supper,  before  I  was  permitted  to  go  to 

bed;    which  was  got   ready  in  BO  shorl     a    time    as 
would  have  made  us  think,  had  we  ool  known    the 

contrary  that  it  had  been  ready  provided  against 

we  came.      Though  our  supper  was  c\t  i  aordmar\ 
yet  I  had  so  great  a  desire  to  go  to  bed.  ;i<>    made 

it  to  me   a  troublesome  piece   "i  kindness.     Bat 


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this  being  happily  over,  I  took  my  leave  of  my 
Fellow  Traveller,  and  was  conducted  to  my  apart- 
ment by  Mrs  Stewart  herself,  whose  character  I 
shant  attempt  to-night,  being  so  weary,  but  re- 
serve till  to-morrow  morning  :  Only  I  must  let  you 
know  that  my  apartment  was  so  noble  and  the  fur- 
niture so  suitable  to  it,  that  1  doubt  not  but  even 
the  King  himself  has  oftentimes  been  contented 
with  a  worser  lodging. 

Having  reposed  my  self  all  night  upon  a  bed  of 
Down,  I  slept  so  very  soundly  that  the  Sun,  who 
lay  not  on  so  soft  a  bed  as  I,  had  got  the  start  of 
me,  and  rise  before  me  ;  but  was  so  kind  however 
as  to  make  me  one  of  his  first  visits,  and  to  give 
me  the  Bonjour ;  on  which  I  straight  got  up  and 
dressed  myself,  having  a  mind  to  look  about  me 
and  see  where  I  was  :  and  having  took  a  view  of 
Ipswich,  I  found  it  to  be  situated  by  a  river, 
whose  first  rise  from  a  Lake  or  Pond  was  twenty 
miles  up,  breaking  its  course  through  a  hideous 
swamp  for  many  miles,  a  harbor  for  bears  ;  it  is- 
sueth  forth  into  a  large  bay,  where  they  fish  for 
whales,  due  East  over  against  the  Island  of  Sholes, 
a  great  place  for  fishing.  The  mouth  of  that  river 
is  barred.  It  is  a  good  haven  town.  Their  Meet- 
ing House  or  church  is  built  very  beautifully. 
There  is  a  store  of  orchards  andtgardens  about  it, 
and  good  land  for  Cattel  and  husbandry. 

But  I  remember  I  promised  to  give  you  Mrs. 
Stewards  Character,  &  if  I  hadn't  yet  gratitude 
and  justice  would  exact  it  of  me.  Her  stature  is 
of  a  middle  size,  fit  for  a  woman.  Her  face  is 
still  the  magazine  of  beauty,  whence  she  may 
fetch  artillery  enough  to  Wound  a  thousand  lov- 
ers :  and  when  she  was  about  18,  perhaps  there 
never  was  a  face  more  sweet  and  charming — nor 
could  it  well  be  otherwise,  since  now  at  33,  all 
you  call  sweet  and  ravishing  is  in  her  Face : 
which  it  is  as  great  a  Pleasure  to  behold  as  a  per- 
petual sunshine  without  an}-  clouds  at  all ;  and 
yet  all  this  sweetness  is  joined  with  such  attract- 
ive vertue  as  draws  all  to  a  certain   distance  and 


there  detains  them  with  reverence  and  admiration, 
none  ever  daring  to  approach  her  nigher,  or  hav- 
ing power  to  go  farther  off.  She's  so  obliging, 
courteous  and  civil  as  if  those  qualities  were  only 
born  with  her,  and  rested  in  her  bosom  as  their 
centre.  Her  speech  and  her  Behaviour  is  so  gen- 
tle, sweet  and  affable,  that  whatsoever  men  may 
talk  of  magick  there  in  none  charms  but  she.  So 
good  a  wife  she  is.  she  frames  her  nature  to  her 
husband's  :  the  hyacinth  follows  not  the  Sun  more 
willingly,  than  she  her  husband's  pleasure.  Her 
household  is  her  charge.  Her  care  to  that  makes 
her  but  seldom  a  non-resident.  Her  pride  is  to 
be  neat  and  cleanly,  and  her  thirst  not  to  be  Prod- 
igal. And  to  conclude  is  both  wise  and  religious, 
which  makes  her  all  I  have  said  before. 

In  the  next  place  1  suppose  yourself  will  think 
it  reasonable  that  unto  Mrs  Stewards  I  should  add 
her  husband's  Character;  whose  worth  and  good- 
ness do  well  merit.  As  to  his  stature  tis  inclin- 
ing to  tall :  and  as  to  his  aspect,  if  all  the  linea- 
ments of  a  sincere  and  honest  hearted  man  were 
lost  out  of  the  world,  they  might  be  all  retrieved 
by  looking  on  his  face.  He's  one  whose  bounty 
is  limited  by  reason,  not  by  ostentation  ;  and  to 
make  it  last  he  deals  discreetly  ;  as  we  sowe  our 
land  not  b}-  the  sack  but  by  the  handful.  He  is 
so  sincere  and  upright  that  his  word  and  his  mean- 
ing never  shake  hands  and  part,  but  always  go  to- 
gether. His  mind  is  always  so  serene  that  that 
thunder  but  rocks  him  asleep  which  breaks  oth- 
er men's  slumbers.  His  thoughts  have  an  aim  as 
high  as  heaven,  tho  their  residence  be  in  the  Val- 
ley of  an  humble  heart.  He  is  not  much  given  to 
talk,  tho  he  knows  how  to  do  it  as  well  as  any 
man.  He  loves  his  friend,  and  will  do  any  thing 
for  him  except  it  be  to  wink  at  his  faults,  of 
which  he  will  be  always  a  severe  reprover.  He  is 
so  good  a  husband  that  he  is  worthy  of  the  wife 
he  enjoys,  and  would  even  make  a  bad  wife  good 
by  his  example. 

Ipswich  is  a  country  town  not  very  large,    and 


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when  a  stranger  arrives  there,  Us  quickly  known 
t<>  every  one.  It  is  no  wonder  then  that  the  next 
tl.-iv  after  our  arrival  the  news  of  it  was  carried  to 
Mr  Hubbard,  the  Minister  of  the#town,  who  hear- 
ing that  I  was  the  person  that  had  brought  over  a 
great  Venture  of  Learning,  <  1  i « 1  me  Lhe  honor  of 
making  mea  visit  at  Mr.  Steward's,  where  I  lay, 
and  afterwards  kindly  invited  me  and    my    fellow 

traveller  to  his OWC  house,   where  he  was     pleased 

to  give  us  very  bandsome  entertainment.  His 
writing  of  the.  History  of  Indian  Wans  shews 
hint  to  be  a  person  of  good  parts  and  understand- 
ing.    He  is  a  sober,  grave  and  well  accomplished 

man — a  good  preacher,  (as  all  the  town  affirm, 
for  I  didllt  hear  him.)  and  one  that  lives  accord- 
ing to  his  preaching. 

The  next  day  I  was  for  another  Ramble  in 
which  Mr.  Stewart  was  pleas'd  to  accompany  me. 
And  the  place  we  went  to  was  a  town  call'd  Row- 
ley, lying  six  miles  North-East  from  Ipswich. 
where  most  of  the  Inhabitants  had  been  Clothiers. 
There  was  that  Day  a  great  Game  of  Foot  Hall 
to  he  playd,  which  was  the  occasion  of  our  going 
thither;  There  was  another  Town  that  playd 
against  them,  as  is  sometimes  Common  in  Eng- 
land :  hut  they  played  with  their  hare  feet  which 
I  thought  was  very  odd  :  hut  was  upon  a  broad 
Sandy  Shoar  free  from  Stone*,  which  made  it  the 
nore  easie.  Neither  were  they  so  apt  to  trip  up 
>ne  anot  hers  heels,  and  quarrel  as  I  have  seen  em 
n  England, 

[Duu ton    having   visited  Gloucester  and    An- 
ilsquam  with  the  Stewarts,  returned  to  Boston. 

Having  paid  our  hearty  and    repeated    thanks 

o  Mr.  Si e ward  and  his  Charming  Wile  for  the 
sohle  Entertainment  we  had  receiv'd  from  them, 
tyself    and    Mrs.    Comfort    took    our  leaves,  ;nid 

I  hade  the  best  of  our  way   for  Boston,    where  we 
rriv'd  according  to  our  Promise,  to  the  great  s:it- 

kfaction    of    m\    '_rood    Landlord  and  his  Wife." 


Madame    Wainwright's     Portrait.— 1714. 


Dudley  Richards  Child,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  has 
recently  presented  the  Hist.  Gen.  Society  a  por- 
trait of  Madame  Elisabeth,  wife  of  Col.  .I<>hn 
Wain wrigbt  of  Ipswich,  and  afterward  wile  of 
lion.  Isaac  Addington  of  Boston.-  The  portrait 
was  painted  about  1711.  when  she  was  about  59 
years  of  age.  She  was  born  1655,  and  was  the 
daughter  of  William  Norton  of  Ipswich,  by  his 
wife  Lucy,  daughter  of  Emanuel  and  Lucy  ( Win- 
throp)  Downing.  She  was  a  sisler  of  the  Lev. 
John  Norton  ofHingham.  and  a  niece  of  the  Lev. 
John  Norton  who  was  transferred  from  the  Ips- 
wich church  to  Boston,  whose  widow  gave  Lhe 
land  for  the  Old  South.  She  was  also  a  neice  ol 
the  celebrated  Sir  George  Downing,  Bart.,  and  of 
his  sister,  Mrs.  Anne  Bradstreet.  the  second  wife 
of  Gov.  Simon  Bradstreet.  Gov.  Winthrop  was 
her  great  uncle.  She  married  tits;,  Col.  John 
Wainwright,  who  died  July  30,  170S;  she  raar- 
ried  second,  Nov.  19,  17L3,  the  Hon.  Isaac  Ad- 
dington, whom  she  survived.  She  died  in  Rox- 
bury,  Nov.  22,  1742,  in  her  88th  year. 

Other  portraits  of  early  Ipswich  people  are 
scattered  here  and  there:  cannot  some  means  he 
suggested  bj  which  a  sum  of  money  could  be 
raised  sufficient  to  have  copies  of  these  portraits 
for  our  Public  Library  ? 


June  •-'•"»,  1821.  Anniversary  of  the  .Masonic 
Lodge.  Their  new  structure  dedicated.  Elo- 
quent oration  by  Rev.  E.  Hubbard  in  Mr.  D.    T. 

K  i  ml  Kill's  Meeting  House.       A   very    large    asseni- 

bly.     Interesting  performances.  —Diary. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     AUGUST     1 


880. 


Old  Bibles. 


Mr.  John  T.  Heard  of  Boston,  has  in  his  pos- 
session a  Bible  printed  in  1599.  It  was  brought 
from  England  to  Ipswich  by  Luke  Heard,  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Ipswich  Heards.  Luke  was  the  son 
of  Edmund  Heard  of  Claxton,  Co.  Norfolk,  Eng. 
Luke  married  Sarah  Wyatt,  and  died  early,  leav- 
ing two  young  sons  — John,  who  died  unmarried 
in  Andover  in  1696,  and  Edmund  who  settled  in 
Ipswich,  married  Elisabeth  Warner  in  1672,  and 
had  six  children. 

Mr.  John  T.  Heard  received  the  Bible  from  his 
grandfather,  Nathaniel  Heard,  who  received  it 
from  his  father  who  was  a  grandson  of  Luke. 

Miss  Sarah  F.  Jewett  of  Stratham,  N.  H.  has 
a  Bible  printed  in  1729,  which  belonged  to  Debo- 
rah (Wilcomb)  Smith  of  Ipswich,  second  wife  of 
Mr.  Daniel  Smith. 

Daniel  Smith  owned  and  lived  upon  the  farm 
now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Greenwood — his  de- 
scendant. Daniel's  first  wife  was  Elisabeth  Paine, 
grandaughter  of  Robert  Paine,  (Founder  of  the 
Grammar  School,  who  gave  two  acres  of  land  on 
Paine  street  on  which  the  old  Grammar  School 
house  now  stands,)  and  daughter  of  Robert  (H. 
C.  1656,)  and  Elisabeth  (Reiner)  Paine.  The 
Greenwood  Farm  is  traditionally  called  the  orig- 
inal Robert  Paine  farm. 

Deborah  (Wilcomb)  Smith,  second  wife  of  Mr. 
Daniel  Smith,  had  a  daughter,  Deborah  Smith, 
born  1725,  to  whom  the  Bible  descended.  This 
daughter  was  converted  in  1740,  at  the  age  of  16, 
during  Mr.  Whitefield's  visit  to  Ipswich, — a  sea- 
son traditionally  familiar  to  the  townspeople.  So 
many   came  to  hear  this   man   of  fame  that  the 


services  were  held  on  the  hill  slope  by  the   North 
church.     Whitefield's  Rock-pulpit  had  a   marked 
interest  to  children  of  after   generations.     Debo- 
rah Smith  married  (1)  Capt.  J  no:  Light  of  Exe- 
ter, N.  H.,  and  had  two   children,    Deborah    and 
Olive.     After  Capt.  Light's  decease  she   married 
(2)  Capt.  Joseph  Hoitof  Stratham,  and   had    one 
child,  Betsey.     Mrs.  Hoit  lived  till  1818,  and    in 
her  latest  days  said  :  '"  My  heart   and  flesh   fail, 
but  God  is  my  Strength  and  my  Portion  forever." 
Her  daughter,  Deborah   Light,   married   Jacob 
Jewett,  and  inherited  the  Bible  ;  and  the   present 
owner  of  the  Bible  is    the  daughter   of  her  son, 
Aaron  Jewett.     Aaron  was  named    for   the   Rev. 
Aaron  Smith,  son  of  Daniel  and  Elisabeth  (Paine) 
Smith,  who  was  graduated  at  H.  C.  1731,  at   the 
age  of  18.      He   was  the  minister  of  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  and  in  Revolutionary  days  adhered  to  the 
tories.     A  bullet    which  escaped    his   head    one 
night,  and  lodged  in  a  beam  of  his  bedroom  in  the 
old  Marlboro  manse,  shows  the  spirit  with  which 
his  political  tendencies  were  regarded  by  his  flock. 
Miss  Jewett  has  also  and  old  Funeral  Sermon, 
entitled: — "  Ossa   Joseph's,    Or   The    Bones   of 
Joseph  Considered  in  a  Sermon,  Preached  at   the 
Lecture  in  Boston,  after  the  Funeral  Of  the   very 
Honourable  and  Excellent  Joseph  Dudley,    Esq., 
Late  Governour   of  His    Majesty's  Provinces  of 
the  Massachusetts-Bay,  and  New-Hampshire,   in 
New-England.     Who  departed  this  Life  April  2, 
1720,    in   the   73    Year  of  his   Age.     By  Benj'n 
Colman,  M.  A.  and  Pastor  of  a  Church  in  Boston." 


John  Thorndike,  one  of  the  12  who  came  with 
Winthrop  to  Ipswich,  March,  1632-3,  died  in 
London,   and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey' 


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'  1 1 1 i  —  Number  completes  Volume  One.  There 
are  yel  many  chapters  of  local  history  to  bring  to 
light,  and  we  trust  Volume  Tun  will  not  fail  to 
please. 

Arthur  W*.  Dow  has  sketches  of  the  First  Meet- 
ing House  of  the  South  Parish  ;  the  Walley-Dana 
house;  the  Wise-Wallis  house,  taken  down  years 
:c_r" ;  and  several  other  old  mansions.  These 
will  be  engraved  if  the  interest  in  the  new  vol- 
ume warrants  it. 

We  expect  also  to  print  the  ancient  Record  of 
Births,  Publishments,  Marriages,  and  Deaths; 
and  thus  aid  Genealogical  research.  Several  of 
our  old  Ipswich  Families  are  now  being  traced: 
Sayward,  Waite,  Emerson,  Howard,  Smith.  Wil- 
lett.  Sliatswell,  Rindge,  Dow;  and  many  letters 
of  inquiry  are  sent  to  us, — indicating  an  increas- 
ing interest  in  our  early  names  and  history. 

We  hope  each  year  will  bring  us  to  a  truer  ap- 
preciation of  the  events  of  the  Past;  and  thai  our 
250th  Birth  Day,  (1884)  will  Bnd  Old  Ipswich 
readj  to  »cnd  for  her  wandering  children  to  come 
home  i"  an  appropriate  commemoration. 


Henry    Sewall. 


There  is  yet  standing  in  Newbury  an  old  grave 
•-tone,  bearing  this  inscription:  ••  Henry  Sewall, 
sent  by  his  father,  Henry  Sewall,  in  the  ship 
Elisabeth  and  Dorcas,  arrived  at  Boston  1634, 
wintered  at  Ipswich,  helped  begin  this  [Newbury] 
plantation  1635,  furnishing  English  servants, 
neat  cattle,  and  provisions.  .Married  Mrs.  .lane 
Dummer,  March  2~>.  1646,  and  died  May  16, 
1700.  His  fruitful  vine  being  thus  disjoined  fell 
to  the  ground    January   following.     Ps.  27  :    L0." 

Henry  Sewall  while  he  ••wintered  in  Ipswich," 
became  the  first  owner  of  the  land  on  which  Mrs. 
Cowles' Seminary  now  stands,  lie  afterwards 
sold  it  to  Dep.  Gov.  Symonds,  who  built  his 
town  residence  upon  it.  Henry  Sewall  was  the 
father  of  Judge  Sewall  of  Boston,  whose  Diary  is 
one  ofthe  most  valuable  and  entertaining  relics 
of  early  days. 


The  residence  of  Col.  Thomas  Berry  stood  <»n 
the  grounds  and  very  near  the  residence  of  Mr. 
Joseph  Ross.  The  cellar  of  the  Berry  house  is 
remembered  by  people  now  living.  The  Ross 
mansion  was  built  l>v  Dr.  John  Manning. 


May  19,  1701.  Mr.  James  How.  a  good  Man 
of  Ipswich,  HH  years  old,  is  buried.  Died  I 
think  on  Lord's-Day  night,  just  about  the  time 
the  News  of  the  King's  Death  was  brought  from 
Madera.  —St  wuU. 


<9- 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     SEPTEMBER     1880. 


Continued  from  July  Number. 
HISTORY    OF    GRAMMAR    SCHOOL. 

BY    ABRAHAM    HAMMATT. 

[Printed  from  the   MS  in  Public  Library.'] 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Feofees  under  their 
charter  was  April  23,  1756  :  present  the  Hon'ble 
Thomas  Berry,  Daniel  Appleton  and  Samuel  Ro- 
gers, Esquires,  Capt  Nathaniel  Treadwell  and 
Mr.  Daniel  Staniford.  The  two  last  named  were 
selectmen  of  the  town. 

At  a  meeting  on  the  27th  of  October  of  the 
same  year,  present  Benjamin  Crocker,  Daniel 
Appleton  and  Samuel  Rogers,  they  appointed  Col 
John  Choate  in  room  of  the  Hon'ble  Thomas  Ber- 
ry who  died  August  12  of  that  year. 

In  1764,  Francis  Choate  and  Aaron  Potter, 
Esquires,  were  appointed  to  succeed  Col.  Daniel 
Appleton  deceased,  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Crocker 
removed  from  Ipswich.  Dummer  Jewett,  Esq., 
was  appointed  June  23,  1767  in  room  of  Col.  J  no. 
Choate,  deceased.  April  13,  1773,  Samuel  Por- 
ter, Esq.  "•Barrister  at  Law,"  was  appointed  in 
room  of  Samuel  Rogers,  Esq.,  deceased  Mr. 
Porter  resigned  within  the  year,  and  John  Baker, 
Esq.,  was  appointed  March  17,  1774,  to  supply 
his  place.  Daniel  Noyes,  Esq'r,  was  appointed 
September  30,  1776,  in  room  of  Aaron  Potter, 
deceased,  and  Lieut.  John  Choate  in  room  of 
Francis  Choate,  Esq.,  resigned.  The  Hon*ble 
Michael  Farley  was  appointed  July  11,  1785,  in 
room  of  John  Baker,  deceased,  and  Dea.  John 
Crocker,  in  room  of  Dummer  Jewett,  resigned. 
January  25,  1790,  the  Hon'ble  Stephen  Choate 
was  appointed  in  room  of  Gen'l  Farley,  deceased. 
Capt.  Daniel  Rogers  was  appointed  in  room  of 
John  Choate,  deceased,  Dec.  2,  1791.     Mr.    Na- 


thaniel Heard  was  appointed  April  10,  1804,  in 
room  of  Deacon  Crocker  resigned.  Mr.  Heard 
soon  resigned,  and  Jonathan  Cogswell,  Esq., 
was  appointed  to  supply  his  place.  The  Hon'ble 
John  Heard  was  appointed  April  3,  1815,  in  room 
of  Daniel  Noyes,  deceased  ;  Asa  Andrews,  Esq., 
appointed  June  12,  in  room  of  Stephen  Choate, 
resigned  ;  Mr.  Joseph  Lord  appointed  Aug.  10, 
in  room  of  Jonathan  Cogswell,  resigned.  John 
Choate,  Esq.,  was  appointed  Feb.  1,  1817,  in 
in  room  of  Daniel  Rogers,  deceased  ;  Col.  Nath'l 
Wade  appointed  April  17,  in  room  of  Joseph 
Lord  resigned.  Mr.  George  W.  Heard  was  ap- 
pointed May  28,  1724  in  room  of  his  father, 
John  Heard,  resigned. 

The  more  recent  appointments  were  the  Rev. 
David  Tenney  Kimball,  Nov.  12,  1825,  in  room 
of  Col.  Wade,  resigned ;  Mr.  Ammi  Ruhami 
Smith,  March  24,  1829,  in  room  of  G.  W.  Heard, 
resigned;  Mr.  Ebenezer  Lord,  March  5,  1831, 
in  room  of  Mr  Smith  resigned  ;  Mr.  G.  W.  Heard 
April  16,  1833,  in  room  of  Asa  Andrews,  re- 
signed ;  Capt.  Samuel  Newell  Baker,  in  room  of 
John  Choate,  resigned  ;  Mr.  Wm.  Foster  Wade, 
April  14,  1836,  in  room- of  G.  W.  Heard,  resign- 
ed; Mr.  Joseph  Lord,  jr.,  Oct.  19,  1838,  in 
room  of  Eben'r  Lord,  resigned  ;  Abraham  Ham- 
matt,  Jan.  6,  1841,  in  room  of  S.  N.  Baker,  re- 
signed ;  G.  W.  Heard  in  room  of  Joseph  Lord, 
resigned. 

On  the  revival  of  the  School  under  the  act  of 
incorporation,  the  first  teacher  appointed  by  the 
Feoffees  was  Samuel  Wigglesworth,  son  of  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Wigglesworth.  minister  of  the  Ham- 
let parish.  He  was  graduated  at  H.  C.  in  1752, 
and  kept  the  school  two  years.  1757-8.     He  was 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     SEPTEMBER, 


i  practicing  physician    in    1765,    and   resided    al 
he  Han 

Benjamin  Crocker,  before  mentioned,  kepi  the 
ehool  in  l  !■>'.>  :itid  l  760. 

Joseph  How  w!io  wfcs  graduated  at  H.  ('.  in 
g758,  kept  the  school  one  year,  1761.  He  mar- 
led Elisabeth,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Thomas 
terry,  :ui<l  died  March  26,  17n:.'.  al  the  early  age 
if25year8.  His  wife  died  May  6,  1759,  at  the 
fi\  earlier  age  of  22. 

Daniel  Noyes,  the  well-remeuibered  Post  Mas- 
ir  and  Register  of  Probate,  kept  the  school  12 
ears,  1762-78;  and  afterwards  one  year,  1780. 
le  was  born  in  Newbury,  about  1738;  was  grad- 
Lted  at  li.  C.  in  1758 ;  died  March  21,  1815. 
le  bequeathed  to  this  institution  u three  ami  one 
Inrd  old  rights,  and  six  new  rights  in  the  Jeffries 
Seek  lands." 

Thomas  Buruham  wa9  graduated  at  Harvaid 
Spllege  in  1 77i* ;  he  was  appointed  teacher  of 
hi^  school  iii  1774,  in  which  office  he  continued 
ivc  years,  when  he  entered  the  army,  in  which  he 
ttai ned  the  rank  of  Major.  After  the  Peace  he 
numed  the  office  of  teacher,  and  kept  the  school 
i.\  years,  L786-91 ;  again  one  year,  17'.'.;,  and 
jterwards  11  years,  ls"7-17:  in  all,  23  years. 

Nathaniel  Dodge,  a  graduate  of  II.  ('.  1777, 
ept  the  school  in  1  779  and  1784. 

'acob  Kimball  a  graduate  of  H.  C.  1780,    kept 

ie  school  one  \  ear.   1  7M  . 

The  Rev.  John  Treadwell  who  wa9  graduated 
I  II.  ('.  in  I7."is.  kepi  the  school  two  years  in 
783  and  l  785. 

Daniel  Dana,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
ge,  1788,  kept  the  school  in  1792:  Joseph  Da- 
i.  a  graduate  of  the  same  college  the  game  t*ear. 


kept  the  school  in  1793;  Samuel  Dana,  a  gradu- 
ate of  H.  C.  in  1796,  kept  the  school  three  years, 
I7'.i7-'.'.  These  were  sons  of  the  Rev'd  Doctor 
Joseph  Dana,  minister  of  the  South  Parish. 

Joseph  McKean  was  graduated  at  II.  ('.  in 
1794.  He  kept  the  school  three  years,  1794-6. 
He  became  a  distinguished  minister  and  profes- 
sor in  1  Ian  ard  University. 

Amost  Choate  was  graduated  at  II.  ('.  in  1795. 
He  kept  the  school  7  years,  1800-6;  he  was  af- 
terwards Register  of  Deeds  for  the  county  of  Es- 
sex man}'  years. 

George  Choate.  a  graduate  of  Harvard.  1818, 
kept  the  school     1  years,  1818-21. 

Richard  Kimball  kept  the  school  nine  weeks  in 
1822,  "for  the  income  of  the  School  Lands." 

Charles  Choate,  son  of  Mr.  John  Choate  kept 
the  school  on  the  same  terms  in  1823-4. 

Stephen  Coburn was  the  teacher  in  1  ><•_'.">;  Rich- 
ard Kimball.  1826,  Mr.  Ward  in  1827,  Nathan 
Brown,  1*2*.  Daniel  Perley,  1829,  David  Tenney 
Kimball,  jr..  1830,  Joseph  Hale.  1831-3;  Tol- 
man  Willey,  1834:  Dan  Weed,  1885-40,  Eben 
Stearns,  L841,  Dan  Weed,  1842-5,  George  W. 
Tuxbury,  1846,  Ezra  Gale.  1817.  Caleb  Lamson, 
1848-9. 


1699,  Oct.  31.     The  Comitte appoynted  by  the 

Town  to  transact  in  any   thing  vt  may  he  depond- 

in<r  with  respect  to  ye  new  meeting  house  met 
yesterday  &  agitated  wth  respect    to  ye  settleml 

of  ye  pni pit.  ye  elders  being  present  wth  them,  al 
Com'1  perkin's  house  :  and  it  was  voted  imp'^ 
whther  the  pulpit   should  be  set   backward  near  ye 

wall:  ye  sd  vote  past  in  ye  negative. 

It.  Voted  whether  ye  pulpit  should  be  plact 
neer  ye  edge  of  ye  great  rock  in  ye  meetinghouse 
about  seventeen  foot  from  ye  wall,  and  it  prist  in 
ye  atib  native. 


IPSWCH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     SEPTEMBER,     1880. 


Ipswich   Town. 

JAMES    APPLETON    MOKGAN. 

I  love  to  think  of  old   Ipswich  town  ; 

Old  Ipswich  town  in  the  east  countree, 
Whence  on  the  tide  you  can  float  down 

Through  long   salt   grass   to    the    wailing  sea, 
Where  the  May  Flower  drifted  off'  the  bar, 

Seaworn  and  weary,  long  years  ago. 
And  dared  nut  enter,  but  sailed  away 
Till  she  landed  her  boats  in  Plymouth  Bay. 

1  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town, 

Where    Whitelield   preached    in   the  church  on 
the  hill, 
Driving  out  the  Devil  till  he  leaped  down 

From    the  steeple's   top,  where  they  shew  you 
still, 
Imbedded  deep  in  the  solid  rock, 

The  indellible  print  of  his  cloven  hoof. 
And  tell  you  the  devil  has  never  shown 
Face  or  hoof  since  that  day  in  the  honest  town. 

I  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town, 

Where  they  shut  up  the  witches  until  the  day 

When  they  should  be  roasted  so  thoroughly  brown 
In  Salem  village  twelve  miles  away  ; 

They've  moved  it  off  for  a  stable  now, 

But  there  are    the   holes    w:here  the   stout  jail 
stood, 

And  at  night,  they  say,  that  over  the  holes 

You  can  see  the  ghost  of  Goody  Coles. 

I  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town  ; 

That  house  to  your  right  a  rod  or  more, 
Where  the  stern  old  elm  trees  seem  to  frown 

If  you  peer  too  hard  through  the  open  door, 
Sheltered  the  regicide  judges  three, 

When  the  royal  Sheriffs  were  after  them, 
And  a  queer  old  villager  once  I  met 
Who  says  in  the  cellar  they're  living  yet. 

I  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town  ;  [there, 

Harry    Main,    you    have    heard    the  tale,  lived 


He  blasphemed  God,  so  they  put  him  down 
With  an  iron  shovel  at  Ipswich  Bar; 

They  chained  him  there  for  a  thousand  years, 
As  the  sea  rolls  up  to  shovel  it  back  : 

So  when  the  sea  cries  the  good  wives  say, 

kt  Harry  Main  growls  at  his  work  to-day." 

I  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town  ; 

There's  a  grave  yard  upon  the  old  High  street. 
Where  ten  generations  are  looking  down 

On  the  one  that  is  toiling  at  their  feet ; 
Where  the  stones  stand  shoulder  to  shoulder    like 
troops, 

Drawn  up  to  receive  a  cavalry  charge, 
And  graves  have  been  dug  in  graves  till  the  sod 
Is  the  mould  of  good  men  gone  to  God. 

I  love  to  think  of  old  Ipswich  town  ; 

Old  Ipswich  town  in  the  east  countree. 
Whence  on  the  tide  you  can  float  down 

Through  the  long  s.alt  grass  to  the  wailing  sea, 
And  lie  all  day  on  the  glassy  beach. 
And  learn  the  lesson  the  green  waves  teach, 
Till  at  sunset,  from  surf  and  seaweed  brown, 
You  are  pulling  back  to  Ipswich  town. — Sel. 


May  5,  16G3.  Lydia  (Perkins)  Wardwell,  of 
Hampton,  wife  of  Eliakim  JFardwell,  went  naked 
into  Newbury  Meeting  House,  ''in  consideration 
of  their  miserable  condition  who  were  blinded  by 
ignorance  &  superstition,  tho  it  was  exceeding 
hard  to  her  modest  &  shamefaced  disposition." 
She  was  had  to  Ipswich  for  trial  and  condemned 
to  be  "tyed  to  the  fence  post  of  the  Ipswich  tav- 
ern, and  lashed  with  20  or  30  stripes,." 

Milton,  Mass.,  ,Uine  25,  1732.  Baptized, 
Ebenezer,  son  of  Mrs.  Reform  Knowlton  of  Ips- 
wich,— ye  widow  Prescott's  Daugh'r. 

Gov.  John  A.  Andrew  was  a  descendant  o! 
Robert  and  Grace  Andrew,  who  settled  in  Rowley 
Village,  where  Robert  died  May  29,   16G8. 


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I : 


I    MVIUI.      M  \ss  .     NOVEMBER,      I88U 


\>>.   Kill 


First  Meeting  House,  South  Parish. 
1747-18 

Airmen  W.    Dowk,   aided  by   1 1 10   recollection 
\    i  lie  Bed  ii  its    of  (.he    Si .. 
*  lie  above  LMil    picture    i  if 

Meet  ng  Hoi  so  of  the  paid  Parish. 

mings    from    the  Records  : 

We  the  Subscribers  of  the  first  Parish  in  Ips- 
wich, partly  ul  ihe  north  aud  partly  of  the  south 
Ride  of  the  River,  In  Consideration  Thai  the  Erec- 
n  public  meeting  house  fur  ye  worship  of 
God;  on  the  Green  or  Level  on  the  said  South 
Side  Between  the  Dwelling  house  of  John  Ch< 

ind    Mi      I  ncrease    I  low  . ;    and    set  tling 

1  nod   opposite    the 

of  M  i  John  I  leard.  (  'an  elderly  peo 
pie  aid  Mr.  Dowe  by  their  memory  in  making  :i 
pictui e  oft tii-  old  house. 

\  Increase  How  was  a  wealthy  Inn  keeper  His 
house  was  in  later  years  known  as  Major  Swasey's 
1  :i \  < •  i  n  :  Washington  was  received  there  as  he 
passed  through  Ipswich.  This  house  has  been 
transformed  intooneof  the  most  beautiful  resi- 
dences of  Ipswich,  \t\  Mi.  Zenas  Cushing. 


in  Mi.  John  Walley,  wbosi  personal  Qualifi- 
c.  t  ons  for  y  ministry  we  lia  I  good  Taste  off,  or 
so  ue  other  like  Godly  person  of  equal  Qualifica- 
tions I  fnder  the  present  Dificnli  and  Divided 
inistanci  h  of  this  people  ;  noi  Id  T<  nd  to  pro- 
mote Religion,  Truth  and  Peace  among  n^.  and 
prevent  future  trouble  and  Inconveniency,  thai 
()  herwise  Seems  Inevitable.  And  inasmuch  as 
such  a  proceed  our  Is  in  our  Apprehension  Agree- 
to  ye  Vote  of  said  Parish,  put  ye  eighth  of 
I1  mber,  1 745,  Do  Therefore  Covenant  &  \. 
tn  and  with  Each  Other,  forthwith  or  as  soon  as 
may  be  to  Incorporate  ourselves,  and  Asso< 
By  the  favour  of  the  General  Court  into  a  Des- 
linct  &  Separate  Parish  and  build  a  meeting 
Ii  iuse  on  sd  <  Ireen  and  Setile  \  e  said  Mr.  Wallej 
if  to  be  obtained,  otherwise  eome  other  Godly 
person  in  the  ministry  in  said  house,  which  hi 
shall  Be  aboute  10  feet  wide,  sixty  long  &  24 
stud,  and  all  affairs  Relating  to  It  to  be  Regula- 
ted by  a  Major  Vote,  or  as  ye  sd  Court  shall  Di- 
rect In  Witness  Where  of  wc  have  hereunto 
our  hands  this  Second  Day  of  December, 
anno  1  Joinini,    1 740. 


Thomas  Berry, 
Daniel   Appleton, 
Jonathan   Wade. 
John    (hoate. 
A  ndrew  Buries . 
Thomas   Norton. 
Edward    Eveleth, 
Nathan   Fostei  . 

Abraham   Knowlton, 

Daniel    Smith. 

William  Browu, 
i  rgorge  I  larl . 
Oln  er    Appleton, 
Jonathan   Prince, 
Increase  How, 
Stephen   Kinsman, 


Joseph   Foster, 
John   Bordman, 
unci  <  hoate, 
Aaron    Potter, 
Joseph   Manning, 
Jacob  Smith, 
( Uiver    Appleton,  jr.. 
Joseph  Smith, 

tel    Howard, 
W  illiam     Hiiirt'ii,    jr. , 
Timothy    Wade, 
Thomas    Tear-. 
Isaac  Smith, 
Joseph  Appleton, 
Philemon  Dane, 
John  Appleton, 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 


.Samuel   Waite  Daniel  Ross,  jr 
John  Bordman  ye  3d     William  Stone 

John  Baker,   jr  Stephen   Kinsman,  jr 

Benjamin  Grant  Andrew  Bnrlev,  jr 

Nathaniel   Fuller  Emerson  Cogswell  for 

Daniel   Fuller  his  interest  in   \c 

Ebenezer  Fuller  south  side  ye   river 

Stephen  Smith  Jeremiah  Smith 

Nathaniel  Grant  Palatiah   Kinsman 

Thomas  Stamford  Timothy  Bragg 

Daniel  Staniford  Kphraim  Jewett 

Westley  Perkins  Benjamin   Bobbins 

William    Bobbins  John   Hart 

Abner  Day  Kzekiel  Hunt 

Daniel  Hodgkin  Jeremiah  Kinsman 

Thomas  Hodgkins  James   Foster 

Stephen  Brown  Moses  Smith 

Charles  Bolles  Nathaniel  Appleton 
Jonathan   Boss 

June  5.  1747,  By  action  of  General  Court  the 
petitioners  were  made  a  parish,  as  follows  :  ''hav- 
ing Fully  heard  ye  parties  and  maturely  consid- 
ered the  pleas   &   arguments, are    upon   ye 

whole  of  Opinion  that  the  Petitioners  and  their 
estates  in  said  Parish,  Together  with  ye  Land 
belonging  to  Mr.  Sam'l  Wainwrigh',  the  Farm 
and  Land  lately  of  Collo.  John  Wainwright 
Commonly  Called  Bennets  farm.  The  Estate 
Lately  of  Stephen  Smith,  Dec'd  :  the  E-taf.e  of 
Benja  Wheeler,  the  Lands  Belonging  to  Sylva- 
nus  Lakeman.The  Land  Belonging  to  Mr  Thomp- 
son's heirs,  the  Estate  lately  of  Jamc3  Brown, 
now  in  possession  of  Cooley  Smith,  The  Estate  of 
Thomas  and  Isaac  Burnam,  now  in  possession  of 
Benja.  Grant,  the  homestead  of  Saml  Gibson, 
the  homestead  of  John  Calef,  the  homestead  of 
Major  A  mini  Buhami  Wise,  and  the  homestead 
lately  of"Mr.  Thomas  Lord,  the  Interest  belong 
ingto  Dea.  Whipple  and  Samuel  Baker,  In  Ar- 
gilla  Farms.  Togatber  with  ye  Lands  Belonging 
to}'e  South  Eigth  (so  called)  all  Lying  on  ye 
South  Side  of  ye  River,  also  the  Estate  Lately  of 
Dea'n  John  Staniford  on  ye  North  Side  of  ye  Riv- 
er In  said  Parish,  as  also  the  Estate  Belonging  to 
the  heirs  of  Symonds  Epes,   Esq.,  and  the   estate 


lately  of  Mr  Samuel  Appleton,  now  belonging  to 
Mr.  Waters  in  England,  both  lying  in  Said  fust 
Parish,  Together  with  halfe  the  other  Lands  in  ye 
same  Parish  Owned  by  Persons  living  out  of  said 
town,  with  all  such  as  shall  within  three  months 
by  writing  under  their  Hands  be  lodgd  in  the  Sec- 
retary's office  Joyn  them,  provided  they  do  not 
amount  to  more  than  One  half  of  sd  Old  Parish. 

July  21,  1747,  the  church  was  organized  in  the 
house  of  Thomas  Norton.  [Was  this  the  house 
now  owned  by  Miss  Abigail  Appleton  and  Mrs. 
Stevens?]     21  males  signed  the  covenant. 

In  August  a  Call  was  extended  to  Mr.  Walley, 
and  November  4,  he  was  ordained.  On  this  oc- 
casion the  Council  dined  at  Col.  Thomas  Berry's, 
"ye  gentlemen  and  ye  scholars"  to  the  number 
of  sixty  were  entertained  at  Col.  Choate's  ;  and 
provision  made  for  "a  hundred  laboring  men" 
among'the  villagers. 

The  Ordination  (writes  Mr.  Walley)  was  in 
the  Meeting  house  belonging  to  the  first  Parish, 
the  Meeting  House  belonging  to  the  South  Parish 
not  being  yet  in  sufficient  Forwardness  for  as- 
sembling, the  Frame  having  been  but  lately  rais'd 
and  the  public  Solemnity  was  carried  on  in  the 
following  Manner.  |y  The  Rev.  Mr.  Appleton 
of  Cambridge,  begun  with  prayer  ;  Mr.  Walley 
preached  from  Heb.  13  :  17.  The  Church  having 
publickly  renewed  their  Call  &  Mr.  Walley  hav- 
ing publickly  renewed  his  Acceptance  of  it,  and 
other  Things  as  usual  having  been  mentioned, 
the  Presbytery  laying  their  hands  on  his  Head, 
the  Bevd  Dr.  Sewall  of  Boston,  prayd,  then  gave 
the  Charge  and  prayd  again  ;  &  then  the  Revd 
Mr.  Wigglesworth  of  Ipswich  Hamlet  gave  tl:e 
right  Hand  of  Fellowship,  after  which  Mr.  Walley 
appointed  to  be  sung  the  concluding  Part  of  the 
118th  Psalm,  which  was  sung  accordingly,  and 
then  he  pronounced  the  Blessing,  and  so  the  So- 
lemnitv  concluded. 


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IPSWICn     ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 


It  was  determiaed  thai  Mr.  Walley  should  have 
tin-  same  support  as  the  Minister  of  the  first  par- 
ish: and  by   request    Mr.    Rogers    furnished   tin' 
I  estimate,   which  is  still  preserved  in  his 
hand  writ 

"  The  method  wherein  the  Rev'd  Mr.  Nath'l 
1;  g<  rs's  S:il;n\  vvas  &  is  Regulated  from  ye  year 
1727  to  this  time  —viz  1717. — 

j£*lO0  in  Proportion  to  ye  Rise  of  ye  Articles  in 
y<  follow  n»  List  lakcn  with  ye  respective  Prises 
allixt  to  them  lor  1  727 

oak  W 1  -J"  Coiil  al  16s  Malt  10  Bush  6 

K       r  15  Barrels  a  8s     Pork  5981b  G 

Candles  1 1"  lb  a      1   2d  B  -ef  600  lb  4 

Wheal  l"  Bushl        9       (  heese  120  lb 

■  170  lb  a  1  6  Sugar  100  In  70 
Eng  l!i\  3  Load  60  Madera  Win*!  8gal  6 
fall  Haj  2  Load  30  Sail  1  1-2  Bush  6 
fnd  Co  :n  30  Bush'l  5       Molasses  6  Gal         3     6 

The  other  part  ofhisSallary  being  £50:  is  in 
Proportion  to  the  Rise  of  Eng  Goods,  &c. 

N  B.  £13  ';  8  was  the  Sterling  price  of  the 
J0£  in  ( loods  in  ye  jeai  1  727. 

The  new  house  of  worship  was  firsl  opened  for 
i  public  service,  May  22,  1748.  The  last  sermon 
wis  preached  iuil  Dec.  31,  1837,  by  Dr.  Fitz 
[)n  that  occasion  he  alluded  to  an  <>I<1  man  then 
present  :  "It  is  a  fact  worth  relating  that  the 
burth  individual  baptized  in  this  sanctuary'' is 
iow  [Mrs.  nt  ;  thai  hf  is  90  years  of  age;  and 
bat  he  became  connected  with  this  church  3  years 
inc.'  [Jacob,  son  of  Joseph  Manning,  bap- 
izi"l  A,ugusl  7.  171-;.  joined  the  church  Jan  1. 
died  May  7.  L842,  aged  95.] 

Dr.  Dana,  tin-  Buccebsor  of  Mr.  Walley,  made 
to  following  historical  record  : 

177'-.     The  nexl  Lord's  Da)  after  the  Battle 

■  Lexington,  it  was  moved  in  the  South  Church 
Iter  the  forenoon  exercises  t<.  -.-ml  to  the  first 
lurch  and  congregation  a  proposition  of  employ - 
g  Lite  next  Tuesday  in  a  Bpecial  concert  of 
aver,  on  account  of  the  affecting  aspect  of  the 


times.     The  proposition  met  a  ready  concurrence 

laj  was   observi  d.     The    venerable   R<  g 
was  then  much  too  feebl<  abroad,  but    the 

people  ofbotb  societies  gave  genei  al  and  solemn 
ndance.  Mr.  Frisbie  who  was  then  supply- 
ing  at  the  first  parish,  gave  a  sermon  one  part  of 
the -lay;  many  more  meetings  of  this  kin  1  were 
alternately  holden  in  the  first  and  south  parishes, 
in  the  course  of  that  distressing  revolutionary 
war.  In  addition  to  these  the  Association  of 
this  vicinity  for  several  years  converted  their 
usual  days  of  meeting  into  whole  days  of  prayer 
in  the  parishes  by  rotation  where  they  met." 

Dr.  Fitz  made  the  following  entry: 
•-  Dee.  31,  1837,  being  Sabbath,  the  house  of 
worship  built  in  1717.  was  occupied  for  the  last 
time.  In  the  forenoon  Rev.  Mr.  Sawyer  of  Sau- 
gus  prea.h.  d  from  Heb.  13:  14,  ••  For  we  have 
here  no  continuing  city."  In  the  afternoon  the 
Pastor,  [Rev.  Daniel  Fitz,]  preached  from  Nu. 
9:  17.  Original  Hymns  were  sung,  composed 
by  Nathaniel  Lord.  jr..  Esq.  The  day  was  sol- 
emn. Tears  were  shed  on  bidding  farewell  to 
the  time-honored  house  of  worship." 

The  sermon  preached  by  Dr.  Fitz,  is  in  posses- 
sion of  Rev.  Mr.  Waters.  It  is  thoroughly  his- 
torical, and  full  of  facts  that  should  be  in  print. 
Can't  it  be  printed? 

Ofthe  present  Church  Dr.  Fitz  makes  this  re- 
cord: "  The  Dedication  ofthe  new  house  took 
place  the  next  day.  being  dan.  1,  1838.  The 
sermon  on  that  occasion  was  preached  l>\  the  pas- 
tor, Rev.  D.  Fitz,  from  Numbers  ix,  17,  latter 
clause,  "  Iu  the  place  where  the  cloud  abode," 
&c.  Rev.  Moses  Sawyer,  of  Saugus,  offered 
Prayer  of  Invocation;  Mr.  Holbrook,  of  Rowley, 
read  the  Scriptures;  Mr.  Crowell  of  Essex, 
Prayer  before  Sermon ;  Dr.  Daniel  Dana,  of  N' 
port,  Dedicatory  Prayer;  Mr.  Kimball  of  Ipswich 
last  prayer;  Mr.  Kelly  of  Hamilton,  Benediction. 
Thus  the  joyful,  solemn  scenes  closed  " 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN    P  APE  US. 


Gleanings. 


Mr.  Quincy  in  his  Reminiscences  now  being 
published  in  the  independent,  makes  the  follow- 
ing reference  to  Col.  Thorndike  and  his  wife,  who 
was  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Dana,  of  Ipswich  :  — 
••  Col.  Thorndike  was  a  fine  looking  person,  re- 
puted to  be  the  richest  man  in  New  England!  and 
in  this  capacity  was  the  object  of  much  interest 
and  attention.  He  was  a  great  ship  owner,  and 
everything  he  touched  seemed  to  sneced.  In  Bev- 
erly,  his  native  town,  there  had  grown  up  a  sort 
of  proverb  about  him,  to  the  effect  that  if  Thorn- 
dike were  to  send  out  a  pebble  on  a  shingle  it 
would  come  back  a  dollar.  Yet,  like  all  success- 
ful men,  he  had  met  with  reverses  ;  and  1  remem- 
ber once  hearing  him  exclaim  with  some  bitter- 
ness :  "  If'I  had  taken  every  ship  1  owned,  hro't 
them  into  Boston  Harbor  and  burned  them  with- 
out insurance,  1  should  be  worth  $100,000  more 
than  I  am  now."  This  gentleman  ha  1  married 
Miss  Dana,  a  lady  whom  my  father  considered 
one  of  the  finest  women  he  had  ever  met.  1  well 
remember  the  words  in  which  he  congratulated 
Col.  Thorndike  on  his  engagement,  '  Let  me  tell 
yon,  sir,  that  you  have  made  the  very  best  bar- 
gain you  have  touched  yet.'  " 

Brigadier  Gen.  William  Whipple,  one  of  the 
Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  was 
of  Ipswich  descent.  His  grandfather  was  Mat- 
thew Whipple;  and  his  grandmother,  Martha 
[Denison]  Whipple,  was  a  grandaughter  of  the 
illustrious  Maj.   Gen.  Daniel  Denison. 

1663.  While  John  Emerie  was  craving  a 
blessing  and  before  John  Emerie  had    half  done, 


Mr.  Greenland  put  on  his  ha'.t  and  spread  his 
napkin  and  said:  •■  Com  Land  lord.  Light  sup- 
per, short  grace."  Ther  being  pre  ent  John  Em- 
erij's  young  son  and  daughter,  his  wifes  daughter 
and  William  Hetfer  and  divers  others — 67.    Rec. 


We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Francis  II.  Wale  for 
interesting  Reminiscences  of  his  grandfather, 
Ctd.  Nath'l  Wade  which  we  shall  publish  entire. 

Charles  II  Savward,  Esq.,  is  contributing 
occasional  historical  articles  to  ihe  Ipswich 
Chronicle,  which  every  lover  of  Ipswich  names 
and  places  will  put  into  Lis  snap  book.  May 
these  articles  double  Mr.  Daniels'  subscription 
list. 


Pictures. 

Every  one  realizes  the  value  and  interest  of 
pictures  of  our  old  and  new  houses.  Cuts  or 
plates  of  these  houses  can  be  obtained  for  two 
dollars  each.  We  hope  many  of  our  citizens 
will  have  these  representations  of  their  homes 
made.  If  any  should, .Mr.  A.  W.  Dowe  can  be 
consulted  about  the  drawing.  And  we  shall  be 
very  glad  to  insert  the  [dates  in  the  Antiquarian, 
and  to  furnish,  gratis,  copies  on  sheets. 

The  Shattswell  block  is  now  being  engraved, 
and  the  Wi.-e-Wallis  House,  and  Walley-Dana 
Parsonage. 


OUR    NEW    VOLUME. 

We  once  more  venture  forth  with  our  little 
sheet.  We  assure  our  readers  it  shall  not  he 
less  interesting  than  last  year.  We  trust  it  will 
be  sustained.  Fifty-seven  Ipswich  names  were 
upon  our  list  last  year.  Shall  we  have  a  hundred 
now? 

Subscription  price,  25  cts.   Published  monthly 

Arthur  W.   Dowe. 
Aug  u  st  i  n  e  C ald  w  k  l  l  . 


Antiquarian   papers. 


VOL.     II. 


IPSWICH     MASS.,     DEC]  V1BEE 


NO.     XIV. 


Mr.  Dowe  thi?  month  presents  us  the  ancient 
I:  stood  about  half  way  between  the 
Town  Hall  and  the  residence  of  the  late  Miss 
rally  I  hoate,  now  theOfficeof  George  Haskell, 
Esq.  For  many  years  it-  easterly  end  was  but  :i 
heap  »f  uins  It  was  called  "the  Rust  house," 
and  k*the  Foster  house."  It  was  entirely  taken 
down  about  20  years  ago.  in  its  i  rime  it  was  a 
handsome  and  substantial  mansion.  Some  3"eara 
i  writer  in  the  Hist.  Gen  Reg.  [probably  Mr 
Hammntt,]  thought  it  migM  tiave  hern  the  first 
bouse  built  bj  Reginald  Foster:  which  he  gave 
to  his  m  pea.  Jacob  Foster.  If  this  is  correct, 
the  house  w:is  built  about  I 

I;  was  occupied  by  Doctor  Samuel  Wallis.  a 
conspicuous  citizen  of  Ipswich,  who  died  in  1728. 
il  -  daughter  Elisabeth  married  Moses  Smith,  a 
.von  of  Daniel  and  Deborah  (Willcomb)  Smith, 
and  grandson  of  Richard  and  Hannah  (Chenej') 
Mrs  Abigail  (Smith)  Sargent,  a  de- 
lanl  of  Richard  So  i    an   ancient   ( !oal 

of  Arms,  which  has  been  in  the  family  for  man} 
generati  >ns.  .Mi-.  S.  received  it  from  her  grand- 
father, ( Sol.  Isaac  Smith. 

I  ite  l  Ion  A  bram  I  lodge  Waite  said  that 
in  his  bo v hood  he  beard  aged  people  -,a\  that 
Mai.  Ammi  Ruhami  Wise  resided    in  this  house. 


at    Boston   on    business:   "1749. 
MajrAmmiRuaminiWi.se.  ;ied  att    Bos- 

ton. July    the  sixth,  of  a  Pleuretic  Fever,  in  ye 
ge." 
Doct'r  • .  and  died    th^e 

a  1    (Tones)   Rust, 
died  July  28  of  thi  ear. 

It  w:is  owned  many  of  its  last  yeara  by  Fosters 
and  Rusts  of  Boston  ;  was  finally  sold  to  Mr. 
Augustine  Heard,  who  removed  it. 


Sarah    [Whipple]    Goodhue.— 1541-81. 

Did  people  of  Ipswich  will  remember  a  little 
book  which  their  grandmothers  always  Kept  shut 
up  in  the  family  Bible :  The  "Writing"  left  by 
Surah  Goodhue  to  her  family  and  neighbors. 
With  a  few  prefaton   Notes  we  reprint  it. 

Sarah  (Whipple)  Goodhue  was  the  daughter  of 
John  Whipple,  who  with  his  brother  Matthew  was 
early  in  Ipswich.  Eramerton  and  Waters  in  their 
"  Gleanings  from  English  Records,."  think  these 
two  brothers  may  have  been  sons  of  Matthew 
Whipple,   of   Bocking,   Co.    I  '        bier.     In 

his  will,  (1616,)  he  mentions  sons,  Matthew  and 
John.  Sarah  married  Joseph  Goodhue,  sun  of 
I  tea    W  illiam  <  roodhue. 

Dea.  William  Goodhue,  weaver,  w:is  m  Ipswich 
as  early  as  1635,  and  was  then  possessed  of  a 
house.  In  L646  he  purchased  a  secoi  d  house  on 
Brook  street.  It  was  between  the  dwellings  of 
Francis  Jordan  and  Joseph  Morse.     Three  \ 

he  bought  a  third  house  al  the  east  end  of 
High  street,  adjoining  a  houselol  of  John  FPin- 
throp,  jr.,  neai  ;  he  i  iver. 

A    fourth  house,  which  seems    •..     have 

the  home  of  his  son  Jos  5      ifa  (  IPhipple) 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     DECEMBER,     1880. 


his  wife,  was  in  the  south  west  part  of  the   towi  . 

The  following  extract  from  Essex  Co.  reeds, 
B.  12,  L.  252,  locates  this  early  Goodhue  home  : 
William  Goodhue,  sen'r,  of  Ipswich,  having  "re- 
ceived a  letter  from  my  father  Watson  this  yeaie. 
1646,  that  he  hath  payd  Mr.  Giles  Firman  thirty- 
two  pounds  for  ye  house  that  1  live  in  and  the 
land  that  belongth  to  it,  six  acres  more  or  less,  as 
it  is  bounded  by  the  highway  towards  ye  Njrlh, 
and  ye  land  of  Mr.  Ward's  toward  the  East  and 
ye  land  of  Thomas  Howlett's  towards  ye  South, 
and  a  brooke  towards  the  West  and  Norwest  be- 
ing in  the  South  west  end  of  Ipswich  Towne  as 
we  go  to  Boston,  and  my  father  Watson  in  his 
letter  doth  earnestly  desire  that  I  would  make 
this  house  and  land  oner  unto  my  wife  Marjery 
Goodhue  after  my  death,  and  to  my  eldest  son, 
Joseph  Goodhue  after  my  death  and  hi.  <  wne 
mother'^  death  alsoe.  1  have  received  twenty- 
five  pounds  in  silver  sent  me  by  my  father  Wat- 
son, for  Jioseph  to  purchase  some  upland  and 
meadow  more  to  lay  to  this  house  and  Ian  1.  for 
to  make  a  comfortable  living  for  my  selfe  and  for 
my  wife  and  my  eldest  son  Joseph  Goodhue  after 
my  death  if  he  live  to  marry  and  have  children." 
These  and   additional    lands    were    given    to  son 

Joseph, ^confirmed  by    an    agreement    made 

13  July,  1661^,  between  Elder  John  Whipple  and 
Dea.  William  Goodhue  upon  the  marriage  of 
Joseph  Goodhue  with  Sarah  Whipple." 

Deacon  Goodhue  became  a  wealthy  man  and 
among  the  largest  tax- payers.  He  was  impris- 
oned for  resisting  the  arbitrary  Andros.  His 
wife  Margery  [Watson.]  died  1C68.  Sept,  30. 
He  married  (2)  widow  Mary  [Osborne]  Webb. 
He  died  about  1700,  aged  85  years  His  chil- 
dren were  Dea.  Joseph,  William  and  Mary.  His 
son  William  lies  buried  at  the  right  of  the  gate  of 
the  High  St.  Yard  :  "  Here  Lies  ye  Body  of  Mr. 
William  Goodhue  who  died  July  the  10,  1722, 
aged  about  56  years 

Joseph  Goodhue  was    elected   Deacon.     From 


the  following  "  Writing,"  we  can  estimate  some- 
what the  character  of  this  old-time  family.  After; 
the  death  of  Sarah  (Whipple,)  his  wife,  he  mar- 
ried widow  Rebekah  Todd.  Tradition  says  she 
was  of  Rowley,  and  that  her  daughter  Annah 
Todd  became  a  member  of  the  Goodhue  house- 
hold. His  third  wile  was  widow  Clark.  The 
children  living  at  his  death,  were:  William,  Mary 
Norton.  Margery  Knowlton,  Sarah  Kimball,  Su- 
sanna Kimball,  and  Joseph.  He  mentions  his 
step-daughter,  Annah  Todd,  in  his  will.  Annah 
Todd  became  the  first  of  five  wives  of  Edmund 
Heard;  she  died  early,  and  with  her  only  babe, 
lies  near  the  oldest  Wainwright  tomb  in  the  centre 
of  the  High  street  yard  ;  diminutive  slate  stone, 
still  in  perfect  preservation,  marks  her  grave: 
'-'  Here  Lyes  ye  Body  of  Anne  Heard  Deceased 
June  ye  13,  1709,  aged  26  years. 

THE    COPY    OF    A 

Valedictory     and     Monitory 

WRITING, 

Left  by  llarali  Goodhue,  the  Wife  of  Joseph 
Goodhue  of  Jpstvich,  in  N.  E.  and  found  alter 
her  Decease ;  full  of  spiritual  Experiences, 
sage  Counsels  pious  Instructions,  and  serious 
Exhortations  : 

Directed  to  her  Husband  and  Children,  with 
Other  near  Relations  and  Friends,  ami  profitable 
to  all  that  may  happen  to  read  the  same. 

She  was  the  youngest  Daughter  of  Elder  Whip- 
ple, born  at.  the  said  Ipswich,  Anno  1641,  and 
died  suddenly,  (as  she  presaged  she  should)  July 
23,  1681,  Three  Days  after  she  had  been  delivered 
of  two  hopeful  Children,  leaving  ten  in  all  sur- 
viving. 

Cambridge,  New  England:  Printed  in   1681. 
SALEM:  Re-printed    by    Samuel    Hall.    1770. 


DEAR  and  loving  Husband,  if  it  should  please 
the  Lord  to  make  a  sudden  change  in  thy  family! 
the  which  I  know  not  how  soon  it  may  be,  and  I 
am  fearful  of  it :  \ 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     DECEMBER,     1S80. 


Therefi  re  in  a  lew  words  1  would  deelare  t«i  ne 
thing  of  m^  mind,  lest  I  should  afterwards  . 
do  opportunity :  1  cannot  but  sympathiz  •  aid 
pity  thy  condition,  seeing  thou  bast  :.  great  fami- 
ly of  children,  and  some  of  Ibem  sinal),  and  it'  it 
I  [jleasc  the  Lord  to  add  totbj  number  one 
more  or  two,  be  not  discouraged,  although  it 
ild  please  the  Lord  to  deprive  thee  of  thy 
weak  help  which  is  so  near  and  dear  unto  thee. 
Trust  in  the  living, God,  who  will  be  an  help  to 
the  helpless,  and  a  la  her  to  the  motherless. 

M\    lesire  is,  that  if  thou  art   so    contented,   to 
dispose   of  two   or  three   of  my  children:   If  it 
please  the  Lord  that  I  should   be   delivered    of  a 
living  child,  sou  or  daughter,  my  desire    is.    that 
my    father    and     mother    should     have    il.    if  the) 
I»;>':i>.'.    1  freely    bequeath   and   give    it    to  them. 
And  also  ray  desire  is,  that  ray  cousin  Symond 
;  should  have  John  if  he  please,  I  freely    be- 
itll  and  give  him  to  him  for   his    own    if    thou 
art  willing.     And  also  my  desire  is,  that  my  cous- 
II  ■     should     have     £Sus(i,nn    . 

which  is  an  hearty  girl,  and  will  quickly  he.  help- 
ful to  her,  and  she  may  be  helpful  to  the  child,  to 
bring  her  up :  These  or  either  of  these  1  dursi 
trust  their  care  under  God,  \'^v  the  faithful  dis- 
charge of  that  which  may  be  for  my  children's 
and  comfort,  and  1  hope  to  thy  satisfaction. 
1  lore  if  the)'  be  willing  to  take  them,  and 
to  deal  well  by  them,  answer  my  desire  1  pray 
.  thou  bast  been  willing  to  answer  my  request 
formerly,  and  1  hope  now  thou  wilt,  this  being 
the  last .  bo  far  as  I  know. 

Honoured  and  most  loving    fa'  her  and     mother, 

I  cannot  tell  how  to  express  your  fatherly  and 
lerly  love  i  iwarda  me  and  mine:  It  hath 
been  »o great  and  in  Beveral  kinds;  for  the  which 
in  a  poor  re  [uital,  I  give  you  heart)  and  humble 
thanks,  )  si  trusting  in  God  that  be  will  enable 
you  to  be  father  and  mothei  to  the  motherless: 
t  troubled  for  the  loss  of  an  un  worth)  daugh- 
ter: but  rejoice  in  the   free    grace  of  God,    that 


•    rejoicing    together  hereafter  in 
..•  ;  lace  of  everlasting  joy  and  blessedness. 

Brothers  and  Sisters  all.  hearken  and  hear  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  that  by  his  Su  Men  providence 
doth  call  aloud  on  you  to  prepare  yourselves  for 
that  swift  and  sudden  messenger  of  death:  that 
no  oi  may  be   found    without  a   wedding 

Liar  n  i  ill  J'.'SUS  Chi  1st  :  the 

assurance  <f  the  li  1  >d,    which    will    enable 

you  to  leave  this  world,    and    all   your   relations, 
igh  never  so  near  and  dear,  for  the  everlasting 
enjoyment  of  the  great  and  glorious  God,  if  you 
do  fear  him  in  truth. 

The  Private  Society  to  which  while  here  I  did 
belong;  if  God  by  his  Providence  come  ami 
you,  and  begin  by  death  to  break  you;  be  not 
li«cotiraj;ed.  hut  be  strong  in  repenting,  faith  & 
prayers,  with  the  lively  repcatal  of  God's  counsels 
declared  unto  you  by  his  faithful  messengers:  O 
pray  each  for  another  and  with  one  another  ;  that 
so  in  these  tbreatning  times  of  storms  and  trouble 
you  may  be  found  more  precious  than  gold  tried 
in  the  fire.  Think  not  a  few  hours  time  in  your 
approaches  to  ( Jod  mispent ;  but  consider  serious- 
ly  with  yourselves  to  what  end  God  lent  to  you 
any  time  at  all:  This  surely  1  can  through  sirace 
now  say  ;  that  of  the  time  that  there}  ]  spent, 
through  the  blessing  of  God,  I  have  no  cause  to 
repent,  no  not  in  the  least . 

<)  my  children  all,  which  in  pains  and  care  have 
cost  me  dear  ;  unto  you  I  call  to  come  and  take 
what  portion  your  d)'ing  mother  will  bestow  up- 
on you :  many  times  by  experience  it  hath  been 
found  that  the  dying  words  of  parents  have  left  a 
living  impression  upou  the  breasts  of  ( Children  :  O 
my  children  be  sure  to  set  the  fear  of  <  rod  bi 
your  eyes  ;  consider  what  you  are  by  nature,  mis- 
erable sinner-,  utterly  lost  and  undone;  and  that 
there  is  no  wu)  and  una-  whereby  you  can 
come  out  of  this  miserable  estate  ;  but  by  the  me- 
diation of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  He  died  a  re- 
proachful death  thai  everj  poor  humbled  and  • 


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repeuting  sinner  by  faith  on  God  through  him, 
might  have  everlasting  life  :  0  my  Children,  the 
best  counsel  that  a  poor  dying  Mother  can  give 
you  is,  to  get  a  part  and  portion  in  the  Lord  Je- 
sus Christ,  that  will  hold  when  all  these  things 
fail ;  O  let  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  precious  in 
your  sight. 

O  children,  neighbours  and  friends,  I  hope  I 
can  by  experience  truly  say,  that  Christ  is  the 
best,  most  precious,  most  durable  portion,  that 
all  or  any  of  you  can  set  your  hearts'  delight  up- 
on :  I  forever  desire  to  bless  and  praise  the  Lord, 
that  he  hath  opened  mine  eyes  to  see  the  empti- 
ness of  these  things  and  mine  own  ;  and  to  behold 
the  fulness  and  riches  of  grace  that  is  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ :  To  that  end  my  children,  I 
do  not  only  counsel  you,  but  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  I  charge  you  all  to  read  God's  word,  and 
pray  unto  the  Lord  that  he  would  be  pleased  to 
give  you  hearts  and  wisdom  to  improve  the  great 
and  many  privileges  that  the  Lord  is  at  present 
pleased  to  afford  unto  you,  improve  your  youthful 
days  unto  God's  service,  your  health  and  strength 
whilst  it  lasteth,  for  you  know  not  how  soon  your 
health  may  be  turned  into  sickness,  your  strength 
into  weakness,  and  your  lives  into  death ;  as 
death  cuts  the  tree  of  your  life  down,  so  will  it 
lie;  as  death  leaveth  you,  so  judgment  will  find 
you  out:  Therefore  be  perswaded  to  agree  with 
your  adversary  quickly,  whilst  you  are  in  the 
way  of  these  precious  opportunities:  be  sure  to 
improve  the  lively  dispensations  of  the  gospel ; 
give  good  atteution  unto  sermons  preached  in 
publick,  and  to  sermons  repeated  in  private. 

Endeavor  to  learn  to  write  your  father's  hand, 
that  you  may  read  over   those    precious   sermons 


that  he  hath  taken  pains  to  write  and  keep   from 
the  mouths  of  God's   lively    messengers,    and    in 
them  there  are    lively    messages:   1    can   through 
the  blessing  of  God   along    with   them    say.    that 
they  have  been  lively  unto  me:  and   if  you    im- 
prove them    aright,  why  not  to  all  of  you?     God 
upbraideth  none  of  the  seed  of  Jacob  that    seek 
his  Face  in  truth  :   My  children  be    encouraged  in 
this  work,  you  are  in  the  bond    of   the   covenant, 
although) on  may  lie    breakers    of  covenant,   yet 
God  is  a  merciful  keeper  of  covenant.     Endeavor 
as  you  grow  up  to  own  and  renew   your  covenant, 
and  rest  not  if  God  give  you  life,  but  so  labour  to 
improve  all  the  advantages  that  God  is  pleased  to* 
afford  you,  that  you  may  be  fit  to  enjoy  the  Lord  I 
Jesus  Christ  in  all   his    Ordinances.     What   hath 
the  Lord  Jesus  given  himself  for  you?  if  you    will 
lay  hold  of  him  by  true  faith  and  repentance  :  And 
what  will  you  be  backward  to  accept  of  his  gra-, 
cious  and  free  offers,  and  not  to  keep  in    rcmem-i 
brance  his  death  and  sufferings,  and  to    strength- 
en your  weak  faith  ;  1  thank  the    Lord    in   some 
measure  I   have   found     that     ordinance     a   life- 
making  ordinance  unto  my  soul. 

Oh,  the  smiles  and  loving  embraces    that   they 
miss  of  that  hold  off  and  will  not   be  in  such  near 
relation  unto  their  Head  and  Saviour.     The  Lord 
grant  that  Christ  may  be  your  Portions  all 
[Concluded  in  another  number.'] 


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NO.     XV. 


Maj.  Gen.  Daniel  Denison's  Grave. 


<     ^ 


The  Grave  of  Gen.  Denison  in  the  High  street 
Burying  Yard  is  marked    bv   a   heavy    horizontal 

9la't>  supported  by  a  brick  base.  The  inscription 
is  entirely  obliterated  by  time,  but  the  slab  can  be 
identified  by  a  cavity  or  indentation  at  its  bead, 
like  the  above  outline.  This  cavity  originally 
contained  the  Denison  Coat  of  Arms,  which  was 
removed  Borne  years  ago  by  one  of  Denison's  de- 
scendants who  borrowed  it  to  have  a  ca9t  made 
from  it. 

Gen.  Denison  died  Sept  20,  1682.  The  200th 
Anniversary  of  his  decease  occurs  next  year.  We 
hope  the  day  will  be  set  apart  for  a  Denison 
Memorial,  and  that  the  slab  will  he  re-inscribed, 
and  thus  the  spot  be  continued  in  remembrance. 
Three  other  Denison  grave-stones  are  near  this. 
one  with  a  latin  epitapb  needs  to  be    re-lettered. 

In  the  Boston  Public  Library,  [Prince  Cata- 
logue,] is  probably  the  only  remaining  copy  of 
the  sermon,  or  ••  Funeral  Meditation," occasioned 
by  the  'Tntermenl  of  Maj.  Gen.  Daniel  Denison, 
Sept   22,  1682."     Its  title  is  : 

••A  Fuperal  DISCOURSE  upon  the  three  firsl 
verses  of  the  third  Chapter  of  Isaiah ;  Occasioned 
by  the  Death  of  the    Worshipful    Major  General 

lEMSDN.  Who  Pr-ceaM-d  at   I/.xirich,    Sept.  20 

By   Mr.  William    Hvbbard.     Printed    ;i 
Boxton  by  Samuel  Green.     1684." 


:il 


The  sermon  is  very  long,  and  contains  but  little 


biograhical  or  historical  information.  of  the 
latest  homs  of  Denison's  life  Hubbard  Bays  : 

Uis  military  skill  forsome  years  before  his  death 
advanced  him  to  the  Conduct  and  Command  of  the 
whole,  which  he  was  able  to  have  managed  with 
great  exactness,  yet  was  he  not  inferior  in  other 
.Sciences:  And  as  a  good  Souldier  of  Christ  Jesus 
he  had  attained  to  no  small  confidence  in  his 
Conflicts  with  the  King  of  Tenor-,  being  not  af- 
fraid  to  look  Death  in  the  face  in  cold  blood,  but 
with  great  composedness  of  mind  received  the  last 
Summons:  For  though  he  was  followed  with  tor- 
menting pain  ofStranguary  that  pursued  him  to 
the  last,  lie  neither  expressed  impatience  under 
those  grinding  pains  nor  want  of  confidence  or 
comfort  from  his  first  seizure  :  yea,  such  was  his 
earnest  desire  to  be  discharged  from  his  Warfare 
that  he  could  not  be  perswaded  to  ~,i\  Amen,  to 
the  Earnest  desires  of  his  best  and  nearest  friends 
for  recovery,  or  for  continuance  of  life  any  long- 
er.     '  So  he  quietly  resigned  ap  his  'spirit  to 

God  that  gave  it. 

To  say  he  was  without  infirmities  is  to 
say  he  was  not  a  Man  :  for  there  is  no]  just  man 
that  sinneth  not.  Vet  as  they  say  of  natural 
Phisitians  their  Errors  are  buried  in  the  Church 
Yard  though  their  Cures  are  written  with  the 
beams  of  the  Sun  :  if  he  as    a    Physitian    of  the 

State,  had  any  skill  above  others,  let  none  en\\ 
him  the  honor  theiof ;  if  he  ever  committed  any 
Errors  let  them  be  buried  with  him  in  his  Grave 

as  in  a  Sepulchre  of  oblivion. 

Gen.   Denison  left  in    Ms  a   little    book,     which 

was  printed  with  the  Funeral    Discourse.   It    was 
entitled:  "  An  IRENICON,  or  a  Salve   for    \. 
England's  Sore:  Penned  by  the  s:ii,|  Major  i. 

•  ml ;   and  left  behind  him  as  his  farewell  ami  |;i,| 

Advice  to  his  Friends  of  the  Massachusetts  " 

On  the  fly-leaf  of  this  old  Funeral  Sermon  is 
written:  •  T.  Bailys's  Booke.  Bestowed  on 
him  by  ye   Reverend    Author.     Dec.    i.    1684." 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     JANUARY     1881. 


Sarah    [Whipple]    Goodhue,    1641-81. 

Concluded  from  December    Number. 

My  children,  one  or  two  words  I  have  to  say 
to  you  more  ;  in  the  first  place,  be  sure  to  carry 
well  to  your  father,  obey  him,  love  him,  follow  his 
instructions  and  example,  be  ruled  by  him,  take 
his  advice,  and  have  a  care  of  grieving  him.  For 
I  must  testify  the  truth  unto  you,  and  I  may  call 
some  of  you  to  testify  against  yourselves,  that 
your  Father  hath  been  loving,  kind,  tender-heart- 
ed towards  you  all,  both  for  your  temporal  and 
spiritual  good. 

You  that  are  grown  up  cannot  but  see  how 
careful  your  father  is  when  he  cometh  home  from 
his  work  to  take  the  young  ones  up  into  his  wea- 
ried arms,  by  his  loving  carriage  and  care  towards 
those  you  may  behold  as  in  a  glass  his  tender 
care  and  love  to  you  every  one  as  you  grew  up. 
I  can  safely  say  that  his  love  was  so  to  vou  all, 
that  I  cannot  say  which  is  the  child  that  he  doth 
love  the  best.  But  further  I  may  testify  unto  you 
that  this  is  not  all  that  your  father  hath  been  do- 
ihg  for  you,  and  that  some  of  you  may  bear  me 
witness  that  he  hath  given  yon  many  instructions 
which  hath  been  to  the  end  your  souls  might  en- 
joy happiness ;  he  hath  reproved  you  often  for 
your  evils,  laying  before  you  the  ill  event  that 
would  happen  unto  you  if  you  did  not  walk  in 
God's  ways,  and  give  your  minds  to  do  his  will, 
to  keep  holy  his  sabbaths,  to  attend  unto  reading 
God's  Word,  hearing  it  preached  with  a  d.'sire  to 
profit  by  it,  and  declaring  unto  you  this  way  that 
he  had  experienced  to  get  good  by  it :  that  was 
to  pray  unto  the  Lord  for  his  blessing  with  it  and 
upon  it,  that  it  might  soak  into  the  heart  and  find 
entertainment  there  :  and  that  you  should  medi- 
tate upon  it :  and  he  hath  told  you  Meditation 
was  as  the  key  to  open  the  door  to  let  you  in,  or 
that  into  your  heart,  that  you  might  find  the 
sweetness  of  God's  word. 

Furthermore,  my   children,    be   encouraged    in 


this  work.  Your  father  hath  put  up  many  prayers 
with  ardent  desires  and  tears  to  God  on  behalf  of 
you  all :  which  if  vou  walk  with  God,  I  hope  you 
will  find  gracious  answers  and  showers  of  blessing 
from  those  bottled  tears  for  vou.  O  carry  it  well, 
to  your  father,  that  he  may  yet  be  encouraged  to 
be  doing  and  pleading  for  your  welfare.  Consider 
that  the  scripture  holdeth  forth  many  blessings  to 
such  children  that  obey  their  parents  in  the  Lord, 
but  there  are  curses  threatened  to  the  disobedient. 

My  children,  in  your  life  and  conversation  live 
godly,  walk  soberly,  modestly  and  innocently : 
be  diligent,  and  be  not  hasty  to  follow  new  fash- 
ions, and  the  pride  of  life,  that  now  too  much 
abound.  Let  not  pride  betray  the  good  of  your 
immortal  souls. 

And  if  it  please  the  Lord  that  you  live  to  match 
yourselves,  and  to  make  your  choice :  Be  sure 
you  choose  such  as  first  do  seek  the  kingdom  of 
Heaven. 

My  first,   as  thy  name  is  Joseph, 
Labor  so  in  knowledge  to  increase, 

As   to  be  freed  from  the  guilt  of  thy  sins, 
And    enjoy  eternal  Peace. 

Mary,  labor  to  be  so  arrayed 

With  the  hidden  man  of  the  heart, 

That  with  Mary  thou  mayest  find, 
Thou  hast  chosen  the  better  part. 

William,  thou  hadst  that  name, 

For  thy  grandfather's  sake, 
Labor  so  to  tread  in  his  steps, 

As  over  sin  conquest  thou  mayest  make. 

Sarah,  Sarah's  daughter  thou  shalt  be, 
If  thou  continuest  in  doing    well, 
Labor  so  in  holiness  among  the  daughters  to  walk 
As  that  thou  mayest  excel. 
So  my  children  all,  if  I  must  be  gone, 
1  with  tears  bid  you  all — Farewell. 

The  Lord  bless  you  all. 

Now  dear  Husband,  I  can  do  no   less  than  turn 
unto  thee, 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN      PAPERS.     JANUARY,      1881. 


Lnd  if  1  could,   I   would  naturally    mourn  with 

thee  : 

And  in  a  poor  requital  of  all  thy  kindness,  if  I 
Bald,  1  would  speak  Borne  things  of  comfort  to 
bee.  whilst  thou  dosl  mourn  for  inc.  A  tender 
Bar  ted,  affectionate,  and  entire  loving  husband 
hou  hast  been  to  me  several  way-..  If  1  should 
ill]  speak  of  what  I  have  found  as  these  outward 
longs  :  I  being  but  weakly  natured  :  in  all  my 
urthens  thou  hast  willingly  with  me  sympathized 
Id  cheerfully  thou  hast  helped  iue  bear  them, 
Bich  although  I  was  but  weak  natured.  and  so 
he  more  unable  to  go  through  those  troubles  in 
uy  way.  yet  thou  bast  by  thy  cheerful  love  to  me 
Biped  me  forward  iii  a  cheerful  frame  of  spirit  : 
Bit  when  I  come  to  speak  or  consider  in  thy 
lace,  thy  great  pains  and  care  for  the  good  of  my 
oul  :  this  twenty  years  experience  of  thy  love  to 
ue  in  this  kind,  hath  so  instamped  it  upon  my 
fend,  that  1  do  think  ttiat  there  never  was  man 
jure  truly  kind  to  a  woman.  I  desire  forever  to 
(less  and  praise  the  Lord,  that  in  mercy  to  my 
oul.  he  by  his  providence  ordered  that  I  should 
we  with  thee  in  such  a  relation;  therefore  dear 
■sband,  be  comforted  in  this,  (although  God  by 
Bg  providence  break  that  relation  between  us, 
hat  he  gave  being  to  at  first,)  that  in  thy  place 
hou  hast  been  a  Man  of  knowledge  to  discharge 
■  God  and  my  bouI  that  scripture  commanded 
.uty.  which  by  the  effects  in  me  wrought  through 
|e  grace  of  God,  thou  mayest  behold  with  com- 
>rt  our  prayers  nol  hindered,  buta  gracious  ans- 
|er from  the  Lord,  which  is  of  great  price  and 
sward.     Although  my  being  gone  be  thy  loss, 

et  I  trust  iii  and  through  JeSUS  Christ  it  will  be 
n   gain. 

W  l  t  not  to  this  end  that  the  Kurd  was  plea-- 
d  to  enable  thee  and  give  thee   in    heart    to    take 

as  an  instrument.)  so  much  pains  for  his  glon 
nd  my  eternal  good,  and  that  it  might  be  thy 
Dmfort  :  As   all  thy  reading   of  scriptures   and 


writing  ofsermons,  and  repeating  of  them  over  to 
me,  that  although  1  ua-  necessarily  often  absent 
from  the  public  worship  of  (bid.  yet  by  thy  pains 
and  care  to  the  good  of  my  soul,  it  was  brought 
home  unto  me:  And  blessed  be  the  Lord  who 
hath  set  home  by  the  operation  of  his  Spirit,  90 
many  repeatals  of  precious  sermons  and  prayers 
and  tears  for  me  and  with  me,  for  m\  eternal  good. 
And  now  lee  it  be  thy  comfort  under  all ;  go  on, 
and  persevere  in  believing  in  God,  and  praying 
fervently  unto  God :  Let  not  thy  affectionate 
heart  become  hard,  and  thy  tears  dried  away; 
and  certainly  the  Lord  will  render  a  double  por- 
tion of  blessing  upon  thee  and  thine. 

If  thou  couldst  ask  me  a  reason  why  1  thus  de- 
clare myself?  I  cannot  answer  no  other  hut  this, 
that  I  have  had  of  late  a  strong  persuasion  upon 
my  mind,  that  by  sudden  death  I  should  be  sur- 
prised, either  at  my  travail,  or  soon  after  it ;  the 
Lord  lit  me  for  himself.  Although  I  could  be 
very  willing  to  enjoy  thy  company  and  my  chil- 
dren longer,  yet  if  it  be  the  will  of  the  Lord  that 
I  must  not,  I  hope  I  can  say  cheerfully,  "2%«  will 
of  the  Lord  be  done."  This  hath  been  often  my 
desire  and  thy  prayer. 

Further,  if  thou  couldsl  ask  me  why  I  did  not 
discover  some  of  these  particulars  of  my  mind  to 
thee  before,  my  answer  is,  because  I  knew  that 
thou  wert  tender  hearted  towards  me,  and  there- 
fore I  would  n  >t  create  the.-  needless  trouble. 

Ob,  dear  busbasd,  dearest  of  all  m\  bosom 
friends,  if  by  sudden  death  1  must  part  from  thee, 
lei  not  thy  trouble  and   cares   that    are   on   thee 

make  thee  to  turn  aside  from  the  right  way 

0  dear  heart,  if  I  must  leavt  thee  and   thine   here 

behind, 

Of  hi >i   natural  affection  here    is    m<i  heart  and 

hand. 

Be  courageous,  and  on  th<    living   God  bene  up 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     JANUARY     1881 


thy  heart  in  so  great  a  breach  as  this. 

SARAH  GOODHUE. 

Dear  Husband,  if  by  sudden  death  I  am  taken 
away  from  thee,  there  is  infolded  among  thy  pa- 
pers something  that  I  have  to  say  to  thee  and 
others. 

July  14,   1681. 


From  my  Note  Book. 

ARTHUR    W.    DOWK. 

Items  told  me  by  George  W.  Caldwell  and 
others : 

Daniel  Hovey  built  the  old  wharf  on  Turkey 
Shore. 

An  old  house  stood  below  the  bank  at  Mull's 
wharf. 

The  late  Dea.  Aaron  Cogswell  planted  a  tree 
upon  the  site  of  the  ancient  whipping  post.  The 
tree  stands  east  of  the  North  Church,  as  one  goes 
towards  the  Chapel.  The  Stocks  and  Pillory 
were  near  a  small  ledge  of  rock  a  short  distance 
easterly  from  the  tree. 

On  a  deed,  dated  1724,  of  vl  Joseph  Grow  & 
Jno.  Grow  to  John  Kimball,  Taylor,,"'  are  three 
seals,  each  imprinted  with  the  Wainwright  Arms 
and  accompanying  the  signature  of  John  Wain- 
wright. 

1768.  From  Capt.  Philip  Hsmmond's  Log 
Book.  Sateday,  July  16,  1768.  this  Day  We 
came  to  port  Roiel  &  Landed  our  oxen  &  Horses 
&  Sheep.  &  this  Day  Capt.  Staniford  Saled  for 
Home  from  port#Royel. 

An  old  account  book,  evidently  a  cooper's,  is 
in  my  possession.  It  has  dates  from  1690  to 
1696,  and  the  following  names  occur  :  John  deni- 
son.  John  Daye,    Thomas  Clark,    Mr.   Samuell 


Apleton,  Samuel  hart,  John  Waite,  Robart  Lord, 
Samuel  Chipman,  John  Kimball,  Feleman  waner, 
Samuel  holies.  Mr.  Francise  wainwright,  Mr.  An- 
drew diman,  Abraham  Foster,  Abraham  how, 
Joseph  goodhue,  John  elatrip,  Jonathan  hobs, 
John  prichet,  Mr.  John  baker,  John  numan,  Jo- 
seph medkif,  Captain  rindge,  nathaniell  Fitts, 
Thomas  medkif,  Samuell  pearly,  Jams  Fuller, 
sena.,  John  denis,  John  Caldwell,  nehemiah  Jew- 
et,  Jonathan  Loumux,  etc.  Among  the  items 
are  the  following  : 


For  hoping  old  cask 

0  3  0 

a  can  led 

0  0  4 

a  bonnet  stik 

0  0  3 

a  piging  hop 

(i  0  3 

too  rakes 

0  1  8 

a  bottel 

(1   2   0 

too  Bellers 

0  6  6 

mending  a  bottil 

and  making  a 

Chesemote 

0  2  0 

a  paille  and  a  sk 

n  for 

pockets 

0  3  0 

Crd  by  huckel  berys 

0  0  2 

by  2  thousan  of 

Stafs 

2  0  0 

1802.  Inscription  from  High  street  Burying 
Ground.  "■  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Capt.  Jo- 
seph Melcher,  youngest  son  of  Mr.  Joseph  & 
Mrs.  Mary  Melcher  of  Brunswick,  who  per- 
ished in  a  storm,  Nov'r  7th,  1*02,  on  Ipswich  Bar, 
in  the  21st  year  of  his  age. 

"  Amidst  the  raging  billows  drove, 
My  life  to  save  in  vain  I  strove, 
And  soon  my  strength  began  to  flee 
I  perished  in  the  Cruel   sea. 

My  weeping  friends  your  silence  keep. 
When  to  my  Grave  you  come  to  weep, 
Prepare  to  follow  me  you  must, 
And  mingle  with  your  native  dust." 

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NO.      XVl. 


Rev.    Joseph    Dana,    D.    D. 

Copi(  1/7//'/  /'       \V.      iKor. 


\-  a  preacl 
lie  v\:i-  evangelical,  instructive    and  faithful. 
\-   :i  pastoi 
affectionate   and 
In  :ili    the  relations  of  lit'«j 
a   pattern    of  Christian    \  irtue. 
lie  was  born  in  Pomfret,  <  "nn.  Nov.  2,  ( ).  S.  1 742 
( iraduated  al    Yale  College,   1760 
Ordained  :it   Ipswich,    Nov.   7.    17* 

Received  as  <  Colleague  the 
Rev.   Daniel  Fit/.  June  28,    i 
Slept  in  Jesus,    Nov.    16,   182 7. 
:ige<l  85  years 

Hi>  people  erect  this  monument  of  his  piety 
am)  worth  and  of  their  unfailing  attachment  and 
veneration. 

0  still  each  rising  sigh   that  would    repine, 
Or  charge  the  Sovereign  Hand    with  wrong, 
Nor  let  us  thankless  to  thy  call  resign 
The  precious  blessing  lent  so  long 

In  the  High  Street  (.rave  Van!  is  the  following 
1 1  scription 


Here  lie  the  remains  of  Mi-.  Marj  Dana,  Con- 

Tbe  above  profile  ia  supposed    to   be    the  only      sortofthe  Rev.    Mr.    .Joseph    Dana.,  ami   eldest 

...  ,..,  I,    iv     iv  II-  daughter  of  ve  late    Mr.  Daniel    Staniford.     She 

likeness  ot  the  venerable  Dr.  Dana.     His   memo-  ",'•,...    ,f       4l      .  .,,     ,--,,     .       ,    .,- 

departed  this  Life  May  the  1  Uh,  1779,   Aged    2' 


i\  ia  ■"till  fragrant,  tliougli  the  present  generation 
never  personally  knew  him.  Over  his  remains  in 
the  South  Grave  Yard  id  .•<  table  monument  hear- 
ing the  following  inscription  : 

In   Me >\   of 

Rev.  .in.SKPH   DANA     I).   I).. 

tor  Bixl  v  i  wo   \  ears 

Minister  of  the  South  <  Ihurch. 

His  protracted   life    was  eminently 

deyotcd  to  the  cause   of  God    and   Mad 


Years  >v  i  Months. 

LTnblamed  through  life,  lamented  in  her  end, 
\  pleasant  daughter,  sister,  wife  and  friend. 

In  the  South  Yard,  at  In-  side,  rests 

Mary.  Consort  of  Joseph  Dana,  D.  1>..    depart- 
ed April  13,  A.  D.  1803,  aged  53. 

By  Jesus  ami  her  friends  beloved, 
And  in  afflictions  furnace  proved, 
Her  soul   went  forth   to  meet    her   Lord, 
Her  flesh  at  rest   waits  His  reviving   word 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN"     PAPERS.      FEBRUARY.      1881. 


Celebration    of  the   4th   of  July, 
at  Ipswich,  1817. 

AGREEABLY  to  previous  arrangements,  the 
DENISON  LIGHT  INFANTE  Y  COMPAN  Y 

lately  organized  under  the  name  of  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  lathers  of  this  autient  town,  [see 
Elliot's  Biog.  Diet.  art.  Denison,]  and  command- 
ed by  Capt.  Robert  Kimball,  made  its  fir.^t  pub- 
lic: appearance  in  complete  uniform 

At  10  A.  M.  the  company  after  forming  at  the 
court- house,  proceeded  to  the  house  of  Capt. 
John  II.  Harris;  where  an  elegant  STANDARD 
which  had  been  procured  by  the  ladies  of  the 
town,  was  presented  by  Caroline  Goldsmith 
Harris,  a  Miss  of  the  age  of  11,  daughter  of 
('apt.  II.  to  Mr  Andrew  Russell,  the  Ensign  of 
the  company,  with  the  following 

ADDRESS. 

SIR  : 

Designated  by  the  ladies  of  this  town,  I  come 
in  their  behalf  to  present  to  the  company  to  which 
you  belong,  their  sincere  congratulations.  The 
organization  and  equipment  of  this  company,  ef- 
fected by  its  laudable  ambition  to  excel  in  the 
military  art,  do  honor  to  those  individuals,  whose 
patriotic  exertions  have  contributed  to  procure 
them;  and  those,  whom  on  the  present  occasion  I 
have  the  honor  to  represent,  will  warrant  me  in 
tendering  their  best  wishes  for  its  highest  success 
and  glory. 

May  the  honored  name  by  which  you  have  cho- 
sen to  be  known,  and  whose  insignia  adorn  this 
token  of  our  esteem,  be  often  in  your  recollection 
as  one  of  the  most  venerable  among  the  fathers 
of  Ipswich. 

While  prepared  to  repel  every  lawless  invader, 
our  countrymen,  we  trust,  will  not  fail  to  cultivate 
the  arts  and  the  principles  of  peace.  This  com- 
pany will  not  forget  that  the  renowned  DENISON 


though  "a  mighty   man    and    man    of  war.''    was 
eminently  a  "friend  of  peace." 

Ma}'  this  day  consecrated  in  the  annals  of  our 
country  as  the  birth  day  of  our  national  existence 
in  every  revolving  year  tint]  her  sons  and  her 
daughters  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  those  blessings 
for  which  their  fathers  endured  distresses  and 
dangers;  and  may  the  spirit,  of  the  fathers  rest 
upon  the  children  till  lime  shall  be  no  longer. 

As  a  small  testimonial  of  regard  due  to  those  to 
a'Iioiu  under  Providence  we  look  for  protection  in 
time  of  public  danger,  we  present  yon  this  stan- 
dard- Accept,  Sir.  this  pledge  of  our  best  wishes 
for  the  success  of  this  company  ;  and'!  may  the 
God  of  armies  crown  with  his  blessing  the  lauda- 
ble exertions  of  the  DENISON  LIGHT  IN- 
F  AN  TRY. 

T<>  which    Ensign     Russell    mode  the    following 
REPLY. 

In  receiving  this  elegant  standard,  the  members 
of  the  DENISON  LIGHT  INFANTRY  COM- 
PANY were  wanting  .in  sensibility,  did  they  not 
render  to  the  Ladies  of  Ipswich  their  most  grate- 
ful acknowledgements ;  particularly  to  von,  be- 
loved Miss,  their  representative  on  this  occasion. 

That  the  services  of  this  or  any  other  portion 
of  the  military  of  our  country  may  not  be  needed 
for  the  repelling  of  invasion  is  our  most  earnest 
prayer.  But  should  our  fair  country  again  he  ex- 
posed to  the  desolating  sword  of  an  enemy,  may 
she  never  want  from  among  her  sons  those  who 
will  be  prepared  at  every  hazard  to  defend  the 
rich  inheritance  they  have  received  from  their 
fathers.  Ami  should  this  standard  ever  be  called 
to  the  field  of  battle  may  those  who  have  pre- 
sented it  have  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  it  sup- 
ported with  honor  in  the  cause  of  their  country. 

That  the  name  we  have  chosen  for  the  company 
meets  the  approbation  of  those  whom  you  repre- 
sent, affords  us  increased  gratification  in  having 
made  the  selection.  May  that  renowned  name 
which  unites  the  character  of  "a  mighty  man  and 
a  man  of  war,"  with  that  of  an  eminent  "friend  of 


li  M\  K   II       \\  riQl    AIM  A  \       PAP1   RS        i  I  BR1    AIM  . 


peace,"    descend    with    bonor    to  all  generations. 

On  this  auspicious  da)*  may  Ihe  recollection  of 
the  distresses  and  dangers  which  our  fathers  en- 
dured in  the  cause  of  freedom  and  independence, 
enhance  the  value  of  these  blessings;  and  ma) 
even  revolving  year  consecrate  those  principles 
which  procured  anil  which  alone  can  presen  e  them 

Ma\  tliis  pledge  of  your  wishes  for  our  success, 
i.'  k'er  be  dishonored  ;  and  may  those  patriotic  la- 
dies  whose  liberality  we  now  recognize,  ever  be 
happy  under  the  kind  protection  of  the  God  of 
armies. 

The  compau)  then  returned  to  the  court  house 
where  many  of  the  citizens  of  the  qwu  had  con- 
vened for  the  purpose  of  joining  in  the  celebration 
of  the  day.  A  procession  of  the  citizens  was  then 
formed,  preceded  by  the  company  and  band  of 
music  a-  an  escort,  aud  passed  to  the  training 
field  on  ili*'  south  side  of  the  river,  and  returned 
lo  the  Meeting  House  of  the  first  parish;  where 
alter  appropriate  music  and  a  prayer  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Dana  the  Rev.  David  T.  Kimball  delivered 
to  a  crowded  audience  an  appropriate  address; 
and  after  a  closing  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Crow- 
ell,  and  another  piece  ol  music,  the  procession 
again  farmed  and  passed  northwardly  up  High-st. 
aud  returned  lo  Treadwell's  Hotel,  to  a  public 
dinner,  which  bad  been  provided  for  the  occasion. 
A  fter  dinner  «  ere  the  fol'o  a  ing 

l*OASTS,   with    music  a9  annexed. 

I.  The  day.  May  its  animal  return  find  the 
United  Mate-  free,  independent  and  happy  till 
the  end  of  time.     A 1 1 1  -  i  ■     -United  States  march. 

•j.    The    Constitution    of  the    United     Mates. 

Faith  full)  administered,  ma)  iteverhea    protec 

iw  in  to  the  people  against  the  extremes  of  anarch) 

and  despotism.     (Slow  march   in  Battle  Prague  i 

The  President  <>f  the    I  fnited    States      Ma\ 


li  -  administration  be  as  happ)  a9  his  visits  are 
welcome  to  the  people,      i  President's  march. 

■1-  The  Gover of  Massachusetts.   A  valuable 

orticer  in  our  revolutionar)  army.  Services  like 
his  will  not  go  unrewarded  by  an  enlightened 
I  e  >ple      Massachus  >tts  march,  i 

5.  Lt.  Gov.  Phillips.  His  distinguished  public 
charities  have  endeared  bis  name  to  the  friends  of 
le; u  nine,  virtue  and  their  country.   I  BostOfl  mch) 

'i.  (Here  the  compan)  rose.)  The  memory  of 
George  Washington.  "We  ne'er  shall  look  upon 
his  like  again."     i  Washington's  march.  | 

7.  The  memory  of  those  HEROES  who  have 
fallen  in  the  cause  of  OUR  COl  \  ll.'Y  i  Hes- 
sian Grenadiet 

8.  Agriculture,  Commerce  and  Manufactures. 
May  they  flourish  under  a  government  which  af- 
ford* equal  protecion  to  them  all     I  <  Green's  mch   , 

9.  To  the  memory  of  the  illustrious  DANIE1 
DENISON.  May  the  Company  who  have  adop 
ted  hi*  name  bear  in  remembrance  hi*  eminent 
civic  and  military  virtue-.    |  Ipswich  review.  | 

1"'  Adam-.  JefFerson  and  Madison.  May  their 
situations  in  retirement  be  as  happy  to  themselves 
as  their  respective  administrati  >ns  were  beneficial 
to  their  country.      (Setting  Stars.) 

11.  TheClergy.  Learned,  pious  and  patriotic 
— may  the  fruit  of  their  labors  be  manifest  in  the 
character  of  all  our  citizen*,    i  <  >ld  Hundred,  i 

li'.  The  Rising  Generation — the  hope  of  their 
Country.    (  Yankee  doodle. ) 

13,   Peace  on  earth  Good  Will  to  man.     il 
Mason1  march.  I 

iteer.  Our  mothers,  wives,  sisters  and 
daughters;  particularly  those  ladies  of  Ipswich 
whose  liheralit)  has  this  da)  been  recognized  in 
the  gift  of  an  elegant  standard  to  the  I  >l  \  IS*  >N 
LIGHT  IMAMIM  COMPANY.  (Flowers 
of  Edinburgh,  i 

\  vote  of  thanks  passed  to  the  Rev.  clergymen 
for  their  services  on  the  occasion,  and  particularly 
ti>  the  l»'e\ .  t  Irator  of  the  I  >a\  for  his  able,  judic 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.      FEBRUARY.      1881. 


ions  and  conciliatory  address,  with  a  request  of  a 
copy  for  publication  ;  but  which,  to  the  regret  of 
the  company,  he  modestly  declined.  It  is  unnec- 
essary to  add,  that  all  parties  united  in  t his  de- 
cent celebration  ;  no  discordant  feelings  disturbed 
the  pleasing  recollections  which  the  occasion  af- 
forded :  the  weather  was  remarkably  pleasant ; 
and  good  humor  and  grateful  joy  were  visible  in 
every  countenance. — Broadside,  1.977. 

Mr.  Francis  II.  Wade  has  the  original  Sub- 
scription paper  of  the  Ladies  who  presented  the 
Standard.  It  is  thought  that  all  .ire  dead  but 
two:  Mrs.  Cata  Heard,  and  Mrs.  [Hannah  Cald- 
well] Clarke. 

Ipswich,    May    L~>,    1*17. 

We  whose  names  are  hereto  subscribed,  sever- 
ally engage  to  contribute  the  sums  annexed  to 
our  respective  names,  for  the  purpose  of  procur- 
ing a  standard  with  appropriate  devices.  &c,  for 
the  Denison  Light  Infantry,  now  organized  in  this 
town,  the  same  to  be  appropriated  under  the  di- 
rection of  a  committee  to  be  appointed  for  the 
purpose : 

Abigail  Farley        $1  50  Bethia  Fitz                   60 

Sarah  Choate             1  Susan   Brown             1 

Abigail  Dana            1  D.  V.   Kimball          1 

Sarah  F.  Andrews  2  Mary  Jewett                  20 

Eunice  Caldwell        1  Lydia  B  Tread  well    1 

Hannah  Harris         1  Cata  Heard               1 

Rebekah  Wait  GO  Margaret  Smith       1 

Hannah  Treadwell   1  [Torn]  Treadwell     1 

Abigail  Lord             1  Joanna  Stan  wood         50 

Lucy  Baker               1  Eunice  Caldwell           50 

Hannah  S.   Heard    1  M.   Heard  and 

Mary    Heard             1  Joan                        2 

Mary  Wade               1  Lucy  Smith                   50 

Mary  Baker              1  Margaret  Manning  1 

Eunice   Lord             2  Lucy  Lakeman      ^   1 

P.  A.  &  A.   P.  Hannah   Caldwell         50 
Manning                 2 


Meek   Spirits   are    the  Glue  and    Soader  that 
unites  Societies.— Maj.  Gen.  Daniel  Denison. 


Queries. 
Edward  Brown  called  William  Bartholomew 
brother.  Robert  Lord  did  the  same.  How  wen 
they  brothers?  The  houslots  of  the  three  wen 
adjoining:  the  house  of  Bartholomew  in  the  mid 
die.  William  Bartholomew  hid  a  sister  Sarah 
Is  there  any  evidence  of  her  marriage"' 

Geo.    W.    Bartholomew,  jr.,    Austin,   Texas 

Who  were  the  parents  of  Mary  Prince  who  mar- 
ried Joseph  Fowler,  int.  of  in.  20  May,  1739: 
They  had  a  sou  Joseph  who  married  a  Lvdi: 
Smith  or  Davis.  Can  you  tell  me  of  this  Smitl 
or  Davis  family  ? 

Who  were  the  parents  of  widow  Esther  Hud 
and  the  name  of  her  former  husband?  She  mar- 
ried the   first   Joseph    Fowler   above;    int.    of  in. 

Nov.  1774.  Mat i hew.    A.   Sticknev, 

111*    Boston   st.    Salem,  -Ms. 

About  1720  Laniel  Hovey  came  from  Ipswich 
to  Oxford,  lie  was  a  carpenter,  ami  became  a 
prominent  citizen  :  was  many  years  Deacon  of 
Cong'l ^church.  The  name  has  till  recently  been 
prominent  in  town  affairs.  Can  you  tell  anything 
of  the  history  of  this  Daniel  Hovey? 

Geo.    F.    Daniels.  Oxford,   Mass. 


The  carpenters  engaged  in  building  the  South 
Meeting  House  were,  William  Heard,  John  An- 
thony Kimball,  John  Wade  ;  these  were  the  con- 
tractors and  also  practical  workmen.  Assistants, 
Ephraim  Fellows,  John  Kimball,    3d,   constantly, 

and  a  part  of  the  time  Daniel  Hodgkinsand    ■ 

George.     The  entire  woodwork  was  done  by  these 

men,  including  blinds,   window   sashes,    doors. 

We  believe  only  two  of  these  men  are  now  living. 

Aaron  P.  Ross  has  a  sword  carried  in  the 
French  and  Indian  War. 


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VOL   II. 


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NO.    \\  II. 


mm. 


m^^M 


Shatswell  House.  High  street.  From  a 
thrawivg  by  Aithur  W.  Dowe^—1880.  This 
House  is  one  of  tlu'  oldest  residences  of  the 
Town.  The  central  part  U  very  ancient,  rhe 
ends  were  added  later.  This  estate  is  one  of  the 
mt\  few  that  has  leraained  in  the  family  name  by 
Inheritance  from  the  time  of  the  original  grant  to 
be  present  generation  The  land  was  granted 
o  John  sh.-it swell  in  1  •'».".  i .  He  huilt  a  house  upon 
t  at  that  time,  a  lew  rods  Lo  the  east  of  the  pres- 
ent residence.  He  is  the  earliest  person  on  the 
{eeorils  to  whom  the  title  of  Deacon  is  given, 
lis  name  Bppears  in  official  capacities  on  the 
Town  hooks.  lie  assisted  a  good  deal  in  laying 
ut  lh<'  early  lion-clots.  His  wile's  name  was 
oanna.       He  hail  sons, — John    2,  and    Richard  2. 

lie  ton  John  2  was  married,  but  there  is  no    [|>s- 
rtch  record  of  any  descendants  of  his. 
Richard    2,    married    Rebecca     Tuttle,    whose 

ither  lived  near  the  bouse  built   by  the  Rev.     Mi 
►rard  on  what  is  now  called  Linden  street.    [  What 

pity  thai  Linden  Btreel  was  nol  called  Ward  Bt.  J 
[chard  2,  and   Rebecca,    had   sons,     Richard  .■;■ 


and  John  3,  and  daughters  Hannah  and  Sarah. 
We  surmise  that  the  oldest  part  of  the  present 
Shatswell  house  was  built  i.y  Richard  :;.  and  that 
John  •'!  lived  in  the  original  dwelling. 

Richard  2,  who  had  the  title  of  Mr.  died  July 
13,    1694. 

Richard  3,  married  a  Cheney.  The  Cheneys 
were  well-to-do  people,  and  married  into  the  res- 
pectable families  of  their  day.  Richard  Smith 
one  of  the  tidiest  of  our  early  names,  married 
Hannah  (  heiiey. 

John  •">  married  Sarah  Younglove,  June  20, 
1684.  The  Younglove  family  lived  on  or  near 
the  site  of  the  present  Town  House. 

Sarah  Shatswell,  daughter  of  Mr.  Richard  2, 
married  Roger  Ringe, — another  of  the  prominent 
early  names  now  extinct  in  Ip3wich.  Her  sister 
Hannah  never  married;  at  her  death  she  gave  her 
her  property  to  the  children  of  Roger  and  Sarab 
Ringe.  The  Town  Clerk  recorded  her  death: 
"  Hannah  Shatswell,  an  antient  maid,  died  Aug. 
18,   1720." 

Deacon  John  Shatswell.  the  ancestor  of  the 
family,  died  in  1646,  twelve  j'ears  after  his  set- 
tlement in  Ipswich.  His  sistei  was  the  wife  of 
John  Webster,  who  owned  lands  very  near  him 
on  High  street.  The  Websters  at  a  later  period 
removed  to  New  Hampshire,  and    that  state  will 

probably  give  due  regard  to  the  name  s..  long  as 
she  remembers  Samuel  Webster,  the  .young  Revo- 
lutionary Chaplain,  over  whose  grave  thousands 
mourned;  and   Daniel   and   Ezekiel    Webster   of 

still   u  ider  fame. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH,     188] 


Deacon  Shatswell  had  a  brother  Theophilus 
who  lived  in  Ipswich  a  little  while,  and  then  set- 
tled in  Haverhill.  There  is  mention  made  of 
him  and  his  descendants  in  Haverhill  History. 


Col.   John    Wainwright's   Tomb. 

High  Street    Grave    Yard. 

ARTIIUR    W.    DO  WE. 

In  October  last  it  was  discovered  that  the  an- 
cient Tomb  built,  it  is  supposed,  by  Col.  John 
Wainwright,  bad  partly  fallen  in.  I  visited  it 
at  the  time,  and  the  following  is  the  result  of  my 
investigations  : 

The  entrance  had  been  closed  some  years  ago 
with  old  gravestones  which  were  removed  from 
the  graves  where  thev  had  originally  been  placed. 
The  largest  of  these  stones  was  in  memory  of 
Capt.  Bemsley  Perkins,  whose  house  stood  on 
the  site  of  Mr.  Manasseh  Brown's  present  resi- 
dence. This  slab  is  freestone  and  has  a  square 
socket  from  which  the  Perkins  Arms  have  been 
removed.     It  bears  this  Inscription  : 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of 

Capt.  Bemsley  Perkins,  who  Died 

July   ye  23,   1720, 

in  ye  45  year  of  his  age. 

A  smaller  slab  of  slate  had  this  inscription  : 

Here  lyes  ye  body  of  William  Houeard,  who 
died  July  25,  1709,  and  in  ye  75  year  of  his  age. 

Another, — Here  Lyes  the  Body  of  Edmund 
Heard,  aged  67  years  3  ds.  Dec'd  Dec'r  ye  28th 
1713. 

Another, — Here  L}rs  ye  Body  of  Mrs  Lydia 
Dennis,  (wife  of  Mr.  John  Dennis,)  who  died 
June  ye  10,  1712,  and  in  the  40th  year  of  her 
Age. 

A  tender   mother, 

A  prudent  wife, 


At  God's  command 
Resigned  her  life. 
<fc   at  her  rli«hf 
Let  this  word   fall. 
Submit  my    friend 
Now   God  doth  call 

There  were  several  footstones  with  the  follow- 
ing names  and  initials  :  - 

171!).  Thomas  Lull;       R.   K.  :         L.   F.  K.  ; 

P.   Appletoii  ;   and  a  fragment  with    N.  R. 

Within  the  tomb  are  the  remains  of  perhaps 
ten  bodies."  The  coffins  with  but  one  exception 
were  crumbled  and  broken.  There  were  several 
fragments  of  lids  upon  which  were  hearts  formed 
with  iron  nails;  and  initials  and  dates  with  brass 
nails.  Some  of  these  initials  we  have  identified 
by  the  Town  Records: — C.  W.  1731.  [Chris- 
tiana Wainwright.]  S.  W.  JE  37.  1773.  [Sam- 
uel Wainwright.]  'V.  W.  1773.  The  coffin 
which  was  in  the  best  state  of  preservation,  had 
upon  its  lid,— P.  C.  iE  80.  1798.  This  was 
probably  Dr.  Parker  Clark,  who  married  Miss 
Elisabeth  Wainwright,  and  after  his  marriage  re- 
sided at  Ipswich.  A  very  broken  lid  had  the  ini- 
tials of  Mary  H  ainwright :  M.  W.  44  — D, 
— AR   1703. 

The  inscription  upon  the  slab  at  the  top  of  the 
Tomb — if  there  was  one, — is  now  obliterated. 

About  25  feet  to  the  west  of  this  Tomb  is  an- 
other built  by  Col.  Francis  Wainwright,  and 
bearing  the  Family  Arms,  which  are  now  scarcely 
traceable.  We  have  made  a  copy  of  the  inscrip- 
tions and  decorations  of  this  tomb,  which  may 
have  interest  to  some  future  antiquary. 


Mr.  Richard  Saltonstall  was  the  first  person  in 
New  England  to  enter  a'protest.  against  the  Af- 
rican   Slave  Trade. — Hammatt. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQL'AK1A>      PAPERS.      MARCH, 


Capt.    Abram    Dc  !  iaiiy. 

Roll  for    A        .    May,   June,    L 77.5. 

1     -  Company  was  included  in  the  17th    Ueji't 
of  Foot,  commanded  by  Col    Moses  Little  of '  ew- 
huryport.     Capt.  Dodge    afterward    became 
lie  died  June  L(J,  178G,  agoil    IG.      Mis  Con. 
hv:  t^ht  uf  tin'   ball le  of  Bunker 

Hill,  and  a  number  of  tlicm  went  voluntarily    into 
the  fight ;  one  ol  ihem— Jesse  Story — was    slain. 
The  in  nes  of  the  men  who  went   voluntarily 
the  Battle,  are  oarlly  given    in    the    Appendix    to 

\  bra  ha  n  Do  itain. 

Ehem  zer   Low.   1-  rsl    I .   - 1 i t . 
James   Lord,  Second    Lieut. 

.John   Lakeman,   Sargent, 
W  illiam  Story, 
David   1 
John   A  mlii 

.1  aci  ib  G  'orporal. 

•• 
Kol 
William    Low, 

William   Farlev,     Drum 
Moses   Hodgkins,    Kite. 


Joshua 

And  >•  a  -   i  >ai 

i   James 

Andrews   1>  ■njainin 

Badcock   N'ich : 

r>n ;n', -I  ii.  i'.  'uj. 

Bui  nha  a  Moses 
Burnham   Amos 
Burnham   Mark 
Burnham  Joseph 
■ 
lam  Francis 


Craft   Aaron 
Cavin   Thomas 
Caldwell   Thomas 
( lleveland    Mehemiah 
Davis  Jacoh 
Kraerton  Thomas 
Kveleth  Aaron 
I  i  >ster  Thomas 

i-unili  John 

Ihue    Dan'l 
I  [ear  I   Amos 
I  lodgkins  John 

Stei>hen 
Jones  Abraham 
Kimball    Mosi 


Burnham   Gbenezer,  jr     Lane  Zebulon 


Burnham  William 
Bachelor  Amos 

1 1 1 1  lobn  Ho w 

1         <\     ^- :  1  \.  :i ii 1 1 -. 

1 

'  .ell  John 


Luis   Klij.-ih 

Lord  James 

Mansfield   William 

Newman   Roberl 

Pindei 

Perkins   Abraham 


Pei  kii 

l '  irter  John 

Pulsifer   U 

i  'erne  ilon   l'(  tcr 

- 

I  >.i\  id 

Timothy 

\       llll 

Smith    William 


-    Mi 

Stamford   John 
Joseph 
Andrew 

.1   --.• 

Jeremiah 
U'rlU   .Ion 
White   Benja 


The    Tilton   Poem. 

A    W.  Dowe,   Dear  Sir:    I  sen  I  you  the  follow- 
ing item  i:. km   fi  om    ' ' 
lant."  of  December  17.    172: 
some  of  j  our  local  unlhiuai 

Mass     Ili.-t.   Roo  31. 

kk  By  the  Eastern  Post  arrivi  n    by    way 
■  ;'  1  )ialogne  :  the  title  from  the  ' 

viz.     .  1  brief  Narrativ  Ac- 

the     Uo&  ln- 

dfrm  i    Daniel 
Tilton,  both  of  tin 

Of  a  sun:'!     1  '  - 

:  in  Ihi   >  Vear  1  722, 

icith  an  .  Account  of  th      I 
said  nitons,  and 

\  be 
published,  for  the  Kncourag 
may  be  inclin'd  by  this  I .  \  i  i  educe    I 

qqj  osed     by  • 

ir.  G." 

1  rhis  i iii  w  c  i  e-pi  inted  in   .  Intiquaria 

.  Ma\ .  1  HHO.     \\  ho  was  II'.   '-'..  an 
.i  anything  els< 

Tradition  says  thai    1  7    ma  i if  the 

( Ihurch  came  to  Ipsv>  ich  with  M      l\ 
Rev.  I ).  T.  K  }  of  14  : —  ll'm 

:: 
Dan'l    Hani. 

I .  ■   i    I  ,ummas,    I  lumph  John 

e,  Nich.  N- 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     MARCH,     1881. 


To   Mr.    Hubbard,    1682. 

To  his  worthy  FRIEND  The  REVEREND  Mr. 
Hubbard,  Teacher  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at 
Ipswich,  upon  an  occasional  sight  of  his  Ser- 
mon on  Psal  50,  Vers  23. 

What  I  and  only  I  these  Papers  see? 
And  that  by  accident.     It  shall  not  be 
He  hazard  wrath,  whose  rise  is  Modesty, 
And  like  Samaria's  Lepers,  Roast-meat  cry  : 

For  though  I  cannot  dish  it  out  in  Print, 
Yet  I  affirm  there's  Fat  and  Marrow    in't ; 
Apples  of  Gold  in  silver  pictures    too, 
Well  season'd  food  for  souls,  both  old  and  new. 

Me  thinks,  dear  Sir,  you  should    not  grudge    nor 

spare 
To  feast  a  land  upon  your  Fast-day    fare ; 
Pit}1  to  see  a  Land  all  in  a  maze, 
Fool'd  into  Boggs  and  Fens  by  Flies  blaze. 

Hang  out  thy  Light,  open  and  press   thy   Text, 
And  all  our  Labyrinths  are  unperplext. 
Teach  us  our  Conversation  how  to  order, 
That  we  may  camp  within  Salvations  border. 

Riches  and  Garments,  Gold  and  Silver  too, 
Unus'd,  corrupt,  moth-eat,  and  canker  do; 
Their  price  and  use  are  one  :  Pray,  Sir,   produce 
Your  Treasure,  put  it  out  to  Publike  use: 

Nature  her  richest  hoard  in  secret  put, 
So  Golden  Mines  came  trodden  under  foot; 
Whilst  every  creature  that  is  worth  an  eye 
Keeps  gazing  on  the  spangles  of  the  sky. 

Nor  thine,  nor  thy  Books'  credit  would  I  rai-e, 
Within  the  gate  thine  own  works  thee  shall  praise 
Or  Sutfer  for't :  For  Good   Books  now-adayes 
Like  virtue,  practice  need,  but  no  man's  praise. 

Thanks  for  the  Sight,  and  if  the  world  do'nt  see't, 
But  what  I  saw  prove  its  own  winding  sheet, 
When  thou  hast  lock't  it  up  write  on  thy  Chest, 
"  Here  lyes  a  Phenix,  dead  ins  spicy  nest : 


Here  Ives  Religion,  reformations  Path 

The  nearest  way  that  God's  Salvation  hath  : 

Zeal   without  wild-fire,  pious    Politicks, 

Sure  Conduct  void  of  Pbsetontick   tricks, 

Rainthunderless,  Doctrine  like  heaven  dropt  dews 

— The  hun  will  suck  it  up  if  Earth  refuse. 

Posuit,  N.  N. 

The  appeal  of  the  Poet  prevailed,  and  Mr. 
Hubbard  put  his  "Treasure  out  to  Publike  use." 
The  following  crumbs  from  the  Sermon  will  give 
an  idea  of  "Fast-day  fart?  in  Ipswich,  200  years 
ago: 

— -The  shortest  way  to  the  end  is  not  always  the 
safest.  It  is  better  sometimes  to  march  about 
than  fall  directly  on  the  enemy. 

— They  that  do  things  over-harshly  may  have 
too  much  time  to  repent. 

—  A  wise  man's  head  will  never  be  broken  by  a 
reproof. 

— Wise  men  are  always  steady  ;  resting  on  their 
own  Basis,  and  not  rowling  from  one  side  to  an- 
other;  not  like  quicksilver,  running  everywhere 
but  fixed  nowhere. 

— Abigail  the  prudent  wife  of  a  Rich  Fool  is 
able  to  reprove  David,  who  is  counted  wise  as  an 
Angel. 

— Julius  Ciesar  never  let  his  Souldiers  know 
when  they  were  to  dislodge  &  march  away,  that 
they  might  be  always  ready.  The  like  command- 
ment have  all  Christians,  'Let  your  loins  be  girt.' 

— Losing  the  rudder  band  of  Reason,  men 
spread  the  Sail  of  all  their  power  and  endeavor, 
and  commit  themselves  to  the  winds  and  waves  of 
their  passions. 

— The  wise  are  a  savor  both  living  and  dead. 

— The  only  way  to  die  happily  is  to  live  holily. 
They  that  have  been  careful  of  the  one  are  not 
afraid  of  the  other. 

Antiquarian  Papers, — Published  Monthly, 
at  Ipswich,  Mass.     Price,  25  cents  a  year. 

ARTHUR  W  DOWE,  Box  157.  Ipswich,  Ms. 


7  i 


Antiquarian    iaprs. 


vol  ii. 


IPSWICH,     MASS        1FRIL,     1881. 


NO.   XVIII. 


The  Walley-Dana  House.  From  a  draw- 
ing by  Arthur  Hr  Doice,  1880.  Rev  John 
W  alley  tii -i  Minister  of  the  South  Church,  was 
ordained  in  1717:  and  the  next  year  married 
FJnabeth  Apple  ton  (pub.  Sept.  16.  174k.)  He 
owned  and  lived  in  the  above  house.  His  wife 
before  her  marriage  lived  in  the  ancient  Appleton 
house,  which  Mrs.  Dr.  Wildes  has  recently  trans- 
formed i 1 1 l« •  one  of  our  most  tasteful  dwellings 

Rev.  Dr    Dana    purchased    the   house  of  Mr 

Wallev,  and  it  continued   in  the   Dana  family   till 

A  brick  in  one   of  the   chimneys  of  this 

house  bore  the  <lat«-  1696.   ind  the  letter  II 

Inscription*:    Elisabeth,    daughter  of  .Joseph 
Dana.  D.  D.  Died  July  21,  1816,  aged  40 

Blesi  daughter  !  her  peraphic  mind 
Hail  long  ascended  to  her  G  i 
Cheerful  she  left  this  world    behind. 

And    went    with    rapture   to   her   high   abo 

Anna.    Daughter  of  l.'«  |  h  Drum.  D    D. 

Born  Nov.  2,    1784,    Died   Feb.    18,   1866.    The 

generous  benefactor,  thede\oted  daughter, sister, 
friend,  the  ardent  christian  Rest  here,  beloved, 
till  the  da\   break  and  the  shadows  flee  away. 

Abigail  1  tana,  died  M    ■    I  -.  1840, i  ged    »8 


Capt.    Gideon  Parker's  Company.  1776. 

A  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Gideon  Park< 

th     1!   Reg't  Foot  in    the    Service    of  the    United 
States  of  America,    commanded  by  Col.    Moses 
Little,  for  the  month  of  December,  1 77*; . 
leon   Parker. 

Kent 
Jacol    Si 
Benja'n  Gould 

plien  Low, 
Francis  Rust, 
John  Wellman. 
Timothy  Ross. 

John   Wasson, 
William  Galloway 

Privates 


Nathaniel  By! 
Joseph  Emmons 
Solomon  Burnham 
Moses  J  odd 
Thomas   Platts 
Samuel    White 
Joseph  Farwell 
John   Bnrage 
Nathaniel  Martin 
Joseph  Guileon 
John   Darling 
Andrew    Allen 
William    Butler 
James  Smith 
Zebulon   Haskell 
William  Rust 
Nathaniel    Sawyer 
nas  Holliday 
John   Witham 
C'ato  Freeman 
John    Stockman 
Nathaniel    Howard 
John    Moilltt 
Tbaddeus  Carter 

Charles    Pindexter 


Aaron  Witham 
Charles  Goodrich. 
Jonathan    Galloway 
Ebenezer  Harringt 
Nathan  Chapman 
J  una.  Galloway,   jr 

aon  Boynton 
Joseph  Whittemore 
Michael  Stewart 
Nathaniel  Hadloek 
Joseph  Moffitt 
Jonathan   Burnham 
Clerk   Bancroft 
.Jeremiah   Martin 
John  Holliday 
John  Green 
Chai 

los.        -         Browu 
Charles   I'.arnes 
William   llarridiue 
William    Burruge 
Thorn  Brook  Ball 
James  Phippi 
William    HHrdeu 
John    Hartwell 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     APRIL,     1881. 


Rev.    Mr.    Norton's    Will. 


In  the  name  of  God,  Amen,  I  John  Norton  of 
Boston  in  N.  E.  at  present  in  good  health,  yet 
not  unmindful  of mortality,  especially  being  put 
in  remembrance  thereof  by  the  consideration  of 
what  changes  a  re  incident  by  reason  of  my  call 
into  England,  in  case  Gol  shall  take  me  out  of 
this  life,  I  doe  dispose  of  that,  outward  estate 
wherewith  lam  now  possessed  asfolloweth,  viz.: 

Unto  my  brother,  Mr.  William  Norton  of  Ips- 
wich, New  England,  I  give  the  six  acre  lott  co 
called,  lying  within  the  common  fence,  be  it  more 
or  lesse,  and  the  three  acre  lott  so  called,  lying  in 
the  towne,  be  it  more  or  lesse,  both  which  at  pre- 
sent are  in  his  occupation.  I  give  also  unto  him 
all  that  house  lott  conteyning  two  acres  more  or 
lesse,  which  I  bought  of  Matthew  Whipple  de- 
ceased and  is  now  in  the  occupation  of  goodman 
Amiable.  I  also  give  unto  my  said  brother  Wil- 
liam Norton,  that  £100  due  unto  me  for  my  house 
which  Mr.  Cobbett  now  dwelleth  in,  or  if  the  £100 
be  not  paid  unto  him  within  three  months  space 
after  legal  demand  made  by  him  upon  the  knowl- 
edge of  my  decease,  I  then  give  unto  him  the 
house  itself,  with  the  yard,  yards,  orchard  or  or- 
chards, aud  rest  of  the  land  lying  unto  the  house 
as  an  house  lott  and  bought  since  of  Mr.  Baker. 
1  meane  all  that  and  only  that  which  was  sold  un- 
Mr.  Cobbet,  conceiving  my  title  thereunto  to  be 
good  in  default  of  non  payment.  I  give  also  unto 
my  said  brother  William  10^  in  current  money  of 
N.  E.  to  be  paid  unto  him  within  three  months 
after  my  decease. 

I  give  unto  my  ever  endeared  &  honored  mother 
30  pounds  in  current  money   of  England,  to  be 


payd  unto  her  use  in  London  at  my  brother  Mr. 
Thomas  Norton's  house  within  3  years  next  fol- 
lowing upon  my  decease  after  the  proportion  of 
ten  pounds  per  annum,  that  is  to  say  the  fust  year 
ten  pounds,  the  second  year  ten  pounds,  the  third 
year  ten  pounds  if  she  live  so  long. 

I  give  unto  my  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Martha  Wood 
and  my  sister  Mrs.  Mary  Young,  I  say  I  give  be- 
tween them  both  twenty  pounds,  that  is  to  each 
of  them  ten  lbs  current  money  of  England,  to  be 
payd  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  at  my 
brother  Thomas  his  house  in  London. 

I  desire  my  brother,  Mr.  Thomas  Norton,  and 
my  sister  Mrs.  Elisabeth  Norton,  either  of  them 
to  accept  of  a  goid  ring  of  forty  .shillings  a  piece, 
for  which  end  I  give  foure  pounds  in  current  Eng- 
lish money,  to  be  paid  unto  my  brother  Thomas 
and  sister  Elisabeth  by  the  fust  opportunity  after 
my  decease. 

I  give  unto  the  poore  of  Boston  ten  pounds  to 
be  paid  within  three  months  after  my  decease.  I 
intend  this  ten  pounds  to  the  poore  of  that  chuich 
in  Boston  whereto  I  am  an  unworthy  officer. 

The  rest  of  my  estate  except  ten  pounds  re- 
served for  two  overseers,  I  give  unto  my  wife, 
Mrs.  Mary  Norton,  namely,  my  farme  at  Ipswich 
with  the  dwelling  house,  barne  or  barnes,  out- 
houses, or  whatsoevtr  belongeth  thereunto.  Also 
the  sixe  acre  lot  which  I  bought  of  goodman  Dane. 

Also  in}7  dwelling  house  in  Boston  with  all  the 
land  be  it  one  acre  or  more  or  lesse  with  whatso- 
ever else  belonging  thereunto.  I  give  unto  her  also 
all  my  household  stuffe  and  farniture,  whether 
plate,  joinery,  bedding,  linnen,  pewter,  brasse, 
iron  or  what  kind  so  ever.  Also  I  give  unto  her 
besides  the  340  pound  which  I  have   in    England, 


11  -\\  1«   Jl       A>  1  l\'l    ABIA  N       l.\i  t   i.-. 


tvh  'iriii'  is  due  unto  lier  during  her  natural 
life,  in  the  hands  of  (  apte  John  Leveretl  and 
brother,  Mr.  Thomas  Norton,  «>r  in  the  hand 
msoever  t ln'\  m-  either  of  them  mi  mrdin 
pay  order  have  disposed  of  i I  unto.  I  give  also 
unto  her  117£  I Os  current  N.  E.  money  now  in 
the  hand  ofMr.  .John  I'aine,  merchant  of  Boston. 
Also  I  give  unto  her  what  the  said  Mr.  John 
I'aine  of  Boston  o wet h  me  upon  the  account  of 
,"»<*(>  acre9  of  land  sold  unto  him  by  me  for  30£. 
Also  I  give  unto  her  32£  or  whatsoever  more  is 
o wing  to  me  by  Mr.  Eppes  of  Ipswich  in  N.  E 
■  I  give  unto  her  all  the  money  which  I  left 
wiili  her  in  the  house.  Provided  always  that  af- 
ter ih«'  decease  of  my  wife  1  give  mv  farm  at  Ips- 
wich with  the  dwelling  house,  harne  or  barnes, 
outhouses  and  whatsoever  els  then  shall  be 
thereinto,  with  the  six  acres  which  I  bought  of 
good  man  Dane  unto  the  children  of  my  brother, 
Mr  William  Norton,  to  be  divided  equaily  among 
Ihem  ;  his  eldest  son  having  a  double  portion  out 
i  same,  and  Himself  if  he  survive  my  wife, 
I  mean  my  brother*  William,  if  he  survive  my 
wife,  to  enjoy  the  same  unto  his  own  use  during 
In--  natural  life,  then  to  be  divided  amongst  his 
children  a>  i>  aforesaid. 

My  lihrary  I  leave  unto    my   wife,  it'  she   shall 
needc  .^  .  she  may    make    the  best  of  it 

for  her  own  i  my  desire  by  these  to 

hiii-.  thai  if  any  of  my  brother  William's  Sonnes 
be  trayned  up  unto  the  ministry,  then  to  bestow 
it  on  him  and  them  so  educated  :  but  this  having 
thus  farr  signified  my  desire,  I  leave  wholly  unto 
herself,  securing  myselfe  that  she  will  not  be 
■ranting  to  answer  mj  true  intent  hen 

Finally  I  make  my  sincerely  beloved  and  loving 


.Mr-     Mar 
m\  good  frien  I  Mr.  I!  -  and    El- 

Pen    o  be  i 
[  The  o\  ei  ch.     The 

will  is  dated  Jan.  14,16  31;   proved  John 

■i  was  the  min  •    • 


Mascormomet. 


I  In-  last  S  •  he    vgawams 

was  buried  with  Indian  lion  iore    Hill 

now  within  the  limits  of  Ilamili  \  •     ■ 

young  fellows  dug  up  the  scull,  and    can 
it  about  the  streets.     They  night    to 

and  the  following   fragi  without  dale, 

oin  Court  Fill 
imony    of  John    Andrews,   jr       Th< 
spring  he  was  at  the  Sagan  i    with    I 

.  jun'r,  when  he    was  d 
that  he  the  sayd  crose  carried  the  scull  upon  a  ; 
.  lott  where  John  Giddin  a1    plow,    and 

lest  that  at  first  he  digged  up  some  of  the  u|  p 
pt  of  the  Crave,    but    did   not   after  dig    furl 
they  I  with  ho* 

[Another  record.]  JohnGidding  beingat  plow 
in  u  lield  neare  perlyes  meddowe  about  this  tyme 
twelve  month,  John  Andrews,  jun'r,   and    I. 

brought  a  scull  of  a  man  into  the   Held    and 
Bung    it   dow.ic    and     then,     lefl 

scull  had  something  like  braines  or  jelly  in  it. 
askt  them  where  they  had  it.  thi  ered    what 

w.-i^  that  to  him,  and  would  have  had  them   ca 
•, ,  Iiut  thej  would  not. 

o  iwan 

>uld  maki  r  it. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     APRIL.     1881 


Hon.  CoL    John   Appleton.    1739.    i 

Communicated  by  Miss  /S.   F.   Je.we.tt. 

I  have  just,  seen  two  Funeral  Sermons  "On  the 
Death  of  the  Honourable  .John  Appleton,  Ksq., 
of  Ipswich."  "The  first  sermon  was  by "  Jnp. 
Rogers.  M.  A..  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in 
Ipswich."  He  addresses  the  reader  at  the  com- 
mencement :  kt  Although  I  was  at  first  hardly  per- 
suaded to  entertain  a  Thought  of  answering  the 
importunate  Desire  of  some  Friends,  b}'  allowing 
the  following  Discourse  to  be  made  more  publick 
than  it  was  to  the  Hearers  of  it ;  yet  considering 
afterward  how  great  a  Propriety  there  was  of  my 
doing  something  in  this  Way,  to  testify  a  Respect 
due  to  the  Relict  Widow,  (my  dear  and  only  sur- 
viving Sister,)  and  to  the  worthy  Sons  and 
Daughters  of  my  deceased  Brother  in  Law.  and 
Brother  in  the  Lord,  yea  the  last  of  all  the  Breth- 
ren that  were  so.  in  full  Communion  with  this 
iirst  Church  of  Christ  in  Ipswich,  at  the  Time  of 
my  being  ordained  their  Pastor,  Octob.  12,  1692. 
And  One  with  whom  I  had  before  and  since  been 
so  intimately  acquainted,  and  enjoyed  the  most 
free,  generous  and  endearing  Fellowship  for  more 
than  Fifty  Years  ;  Hoping  also  that  this  .  Sermon 
(as  uncorrect  and  imperfect  as  it  is,)  may  be  ac- 
ceptable and  servicable  unto  divers  others  :  Under 
this  View  I  now  submit  it  to  the  Reader's  Candor 
humbly  asking  the  Divine  Favour  and  Blessing  to 
Render  it  a  Means  of  exciting  many  to  such  a  seri- 
ous Observation  and  careful  Imitation  of  the  per- 
fect and  upright  Man  in  their  Life,  as  that  their 
last  End  may  prove  like  his.     J.   R." 

The  second  :  "  Preach'd  on  the  Lord'sDay  after 
the  Funeral  of  the   Honourable   John    Appleton, 


Esq.  ;  Who  died  at  his  House  in  Ipswich  on  tie 
1 1  tli  of  September,  1739.  In  the  87  Year  of  his 
Age.  By  Nathaniel  Rogers.  M  A."  To  this  is 
added  the  following :  l-Fromthe  Boston  Weekly 
News-Letter,  Numb.  1832.  Ipswich.  Sept.  18. 
On  the  1 1th  Instant  died  here  the  Hon.  Col.  John 
Apple  Ion,  Ksq.  ;  and  yesterday  was  decently  in- 
terr'd,  having  almost  compleated  his  87  year.  He 
had  for  many  years  sustain'd  a  variety  of  publick 
and  Superior  Stations  both  Civil  and  Military  ; 
ij all  which  He  acquicted  himself  with  great  Pro- 
vidence and  unspotted  Integrity  :  in  his  private 
Capacity  he  was  eminently  good  in  all  Relations; 
he  wag  much  of  a  Gentleman  and  very  Hospitable  ; 
adorn'd  his  Profession  of  lieligion  with  all  Chris- 
tian Vertues  and  exhibited  a  bright  Example  of 
Devotion  and  Diligence  in  the  Improvement  of 
Time,  and  all  grae'd  with  a  remarkable  Meekness 
and  Humility  ;  and  notwithstanding  his  advane'd 
Age,  thro'  the  Goodness  of  God,  to  the  great 
Comfort  of  all  his  Friends,  he  retain'd  his  Useful- 
ness to  the  very  last.  ' 


Genealogical  Hints  1659.  Edward  Brown, 
son  Thomas  who  had  a  gift  from  his  aunt  Watson 
in  ould  England,  he  being  dead  I  acuompt  my  son 
Joseph  Browne  to  be  his  beire  :  land  bought  of  my 
bro.  Bart  holme  w  ;  wife  rfaith  Lrowne;  son  John 
Browne. 

1659.  Nehemiah  Jewett  took  from  Edmond 
Bridges  a  pair  of  gloves  with  black  fringes  in  his 
brother  Josiah  Hubbard's  name. 

1667.  Robert  Collins,  Ipswich,  called  father 
by  Ezra  and  Daniel  Roffe,  and  uncle    by   Joseph 

Fowlar. 


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Col.    Nathaniel    Wade. 

I'.l      Nil      LATE    PROF.     DANIEL    TREADWELL. 

As  every  documenl  connected  with  the  Revolu- 
tion fixes  the  attention  of  all  classes  of  the  com- 
munity,  I  send  you  copies  of  three  letters  or  or- 
ders, written  at  a  mosl  critical  moment  of  the  war, 
two  of  them  being  by  Washington  himself.  These 
letters  were  addressed  to  Col.  Nathaniel  Wade, 
who  was  an  officer  in  the-American  Army  during 
most  of  the  war.  lie  entered  the  service  as  a 
Captain  in  Col.  Little's  regiment,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  the  Battles  of  Bunker  Hill,  White 
Plains.  Trenton  and  other  memorable  fields.  He 
afterwards  joined  Gen.  Sullivan  and  commanded 
enmenl  during  the  whole  ol  the  expedition  to 
Rhode  Island. 

Being  with  the  garrison  at  West  Point  under 
Arnold,  the  command  <>i'  that  fort,  as  will  be  Been 
by  Washington's  first  letter,  devolved  upon  him 
i mi liately  upon  Arnold's  defection,  rhis com- 
mand was  held  by  him  but  a   few   days,  as   upon 


the  arrival  of  more  troops  it  was  necessarily  giv- 
en to  a  general  officer. 

Col.  Wade  did  not  retire  from  the  army  until 
near  the  close  of  the  war.  when  he  returned  to 
Ipswich,  his  native  town;  but  upon  the  breaking 
out  of  the  insurrection  under  Shay,  he  again 
went  into  military  service,  in  command  of  the 
Esses  Regiment,  one  of  the  four  regiments  of  in- 
fantry sent  under  Gen.  Lincoln,  to  perform  the 
winter  campaign  of  1787  against  the  rebels.  He 
used  to  speak  of  his  suffering  (lining  this  severe 
winter  service,  especially  of  the  night's  inarch 
from  Had  ley  to  Petersham.  30  miles,  in  the  face 
of  a  severe  snow  storm,  as  exceeding  anything  he 
endured  in  the  revolution.  His  relation  of  an  in- 
cident that  took  place  on  the  arrival  of  the  troop-, 
at  Petersham,  seems  to  me  worth  telling  :  "  On 
arriving  at  Petersham,"  he  used  to  say,  k'we  sud- 
denly came  in  Bight  of  the  rebels,  collected  in 
several  masses  upon  the  hill  in  front  of  us.  We 
had  come  upon  them  by  surprise,  and  were  very 
soon  so  near  as  to  command  their  position  bv  our 
field  pieces.  When  this  state  of  things  became 
apparent  to  the  officer  who  commanded  the  artil- 
lery he  became  anxious  to  bring  his  guns  in  play. 
The  officer  was  a  Colonel,  a  brave  and  excellent 
Boldier  of  Revolutionary  proof,  but  of  singular 
pergonal  appearance,  being  vet  \  short  and  SO  fat 
as  to  render  his  seat  in  the  saddle  somewhat  in- 
firm. He  bore  the  temptation  for  sometime, 
measuring  the  distance  with  his  eye ;   but  at    last 

lie  could  stand  it  no  longer.  Putting  Bpurs  to  his 
horse  he  rode  rapidly  to  the  head  of  the  column, 
where   I  was  at    the  moment  talking  with   the    (ien- 

eral.  Cheeking  his  horse  with  a  jerk  which  near- 
ly COSt  him  his  seat,  he  made  a  hasty    salute,    and 

bursl  out  with  full  force  of  his  deep  voice:  k'For 
God's  sake.  Gen.  Lincoln,   1  !l    me  unlimber   and 


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give  um  one  pouze  !"  "  Don't  be  in  haste,"  said 
the  General ;  "the  Sheriff  must  read  the  Riot  Act 
first ;  if  they  do  not  disperse  at  that,  I  pledge 
you  my  word  that  you  shall  have  a  shot  at  them." 

This  was  Col.  Wade's  last  service  in  the  field. 
During  the  remainder  of  his  life  be  resided  at 
Ipswich,  honored  and  beloved  throughout  the 
country  for  his  sound  judgment,  his  perfect  integ 
rity,  and  his  unfailing  benevolence.  He  died  Oct 
20,  1826,  at  the  ripe  age  of  77  years. 

To  understand  the  following  Revoletionary 
Letters,  the  reader  must  know  that  Robinson's 
house,  the  head  quarters  of  Gen.  Arnold,  from 
which  they  are  all  dated,  was  situated  nearly  three 
miles  below  the  Forts  of  West  Point,  and  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Hudson,  the  Forts  being  on  the 
west.  On  the  morning  of  the  25th  of  September, 
Gen.  Washington  and  suite  arrived  there  from 
Hartford.  About  an  hour  before  his  arrival,  Ar- 
nold having  received  private  intelligence  of  the 
capture  of  Major  Andre,  had  left  his  quarters, 
under  pretence  of  being  suddenly  called  upon 
business  to  visit  the  Fort  at  West  Point,  and  took 
refuge  on  board  the  Vulture.  Washington,  soon 
after  his  arrival  at  Robinson's  house,  passed  over 
to  the  Fort  where  he  expected  to  find  Arnold. 
There  he  probably  saw  Col.  Lamb,  senior  officer 
of  the  Fort,  and  being  informed  that  Arnold  was 
not  there,  he,  after  inspecting  some  of  the  works, 
re-crossed  the  river  to  return  to  Robinson's  house, 
and  from  the  date  and  tenor  of  the  first  letter, 
(Col.  Lamb's)  that  officer  probably  accompanied 
him.  Arrived  upon  the  left  bank  of  the  river  at 
about  four  o'clock  p.m.  the  party  met  Col.  Ham- 
ilton who  had  just  received  the  papers  found  upon 
Andre,  which  had  been  sent  by  Col.  Janeson  to 
Gen.  Washington.  The  treason  of  Arnold  then 
first  became  known  to  Washington,  LaFayette, 
Knox  and  the  other  officers  of  the  party.  Col. 
Lamb's  letter  as  given  below,  was  probably  writ- 
ten within  an  hour  afterwards,  and  it  seems  by 
no  means  unlikely    that   the    "Ten   Boats"   here 


ordered,  were  intended  to  attack  the  Vulture, 
and  attempt  to  get  possession  of  the  person  of 
Arnold.  Such  a  project  would  be  very  likely  to 
have  been  formed  in  a  moment  of  high  excitement 
and  its  execution  under  cover  of  night,  might 
have  seemed  practicable,  though  afterwards  aban- 
doned. The  writer  of  this,  however,  never  heard 
Col.  Wade  say  that  such  a  project  was  entertained 
— but  this  is  no  reason  against  it,  as  he  was  a 
very  taciturn  man,  rarely  speaking  of  the  events 
of  the  war,  and  especial!}-  silent  as  to  his  own 
brave  and  honorable  share  in  it.  Here  is  a  copy 
of  Col.  Lamb's  Letter: 

Robinson's  House,  Sept.  25,  1780. 
Dear  Sir  :  Immediately  on  Receipt  of  this  send 
Ten  Boats  properly  manned  to  Nelson's  Point, 
where  they  are  to  remain  till  further  orders.  You 
will  pay  particular  attention  to  this,  as  it  is  indis- 
pensably necessary. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  Your   obedient  servant, 

John  Lamp.,  Colo.  Commandant. 
Colo.    Wade. 

Copy  of  a  letter  of  Washington  of  the  same 
date.  This  letter  must  have  been  written  about 
7  o'clk  p.  m.  The  body  of  the  letter  seems  to 
be  in  the  hand  writing  of  Hamilton.  It  is  upon  a 
small  piece  of  p:  per,  folded  and  sealed  upon  it- 
self with  a  wafer,  and  directed 

Colo.   Wade, 
Go:   Washington, 

in  Washington's  well-known  hand  writing  : 

*  Head  Quarters, 
Robinson's  House,  Sept.  25,  1780. 
Sir :  General  Arnold  has  gone  to  the  Enemy. 
I  have  just  ree'd  a  line  from  him  enclosing  one  to 
Mrs.  Arnold,  dated  on  board  the  Vulture  From 
this  circumstance,  and  Colo.  Lamb  being  detached 
on  some  business,  the  command  of  the  Garrison, 
for  the  present,  devolves  upon  you.  I  request 
you  will  be  as  vigilant  as  possible,  and  as  the  En- 
emy may  have  it  in  contemplation  to  attempt 
some  enterprise  even  to-night,  against  these 
Posts,  I  wish  you  to  make  immediately  after  re- 
ceipt of  this,  the  best  disposition  you  can  of  your  ^ 
force,  so  as  to  have  a  proportion   of  men  in   each 


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work  on  the  west  side  of  the  River.     You  will  see 
or  bear  from  me  to-morrow. 

I  am,  Sir,  \  i  nir  mo  ob'1  serv'l  : 

(i<»:   Washington. 

Washington's  second  letter  to  Col.  Wade: 

Sir.— Under  the  presenl  situation  of  affairs,  I 
think  it  necessary  that  the  respective  works  at 
Weal  Point  and  its  dependencies  be  supplied  with 
provisions  and  water.  You  will  therefore  be 
sed  to  have  a  proper  quantity  distributed  to 
each  of  them  without  any  loss  of  time. 

I    mi.  Sir,  your  most  ob'dt  Bei  v'nt . 

Go :  Washington. 
Head  Qr    2C  Septr,  17-" 
( lolonel  Wad  ■. 

i  ol  Wade  wrote  to  Gen.  Washington  after  the 
receipt  of  this,  that  there  was  but  little  provision 
in  the  fori  except  pickled  fish,  but  for  water  they 
bad  that  in  plenty  and  of  the  best  quality. 

It  is  now  universally  believed  that  none  of  the 
officers  by  whom  Arnold  was  surrounded  knew  or 
in  thf  least  degree  suspected  the  purposes  of  the 
traitor,  during  the  time  he  was  negotiating  with 
enemy,  and  preparing  to  deliver  West  Point 
into  their  hands.  Col.  Wade  always  held  a  dif- 
ferent belief,  founded  upon  the  following  circum- 
stance: A  few  days  before  the  capture  of  Major 
Andre,  Col  Wade  dined  by  invitation  with  Gen. 
Arnold,  al  Robinson's  house.  On  taking  leave 
of  his  host  after  dinner,  one  of  the  <  leneral's  Aids 
de (  amp.  a  Major  whose  name  Col.  Wade  used 
to  give,  but  which  has  escaped  from  ray  memory. 
rose  from  the  table  and  walked  to  the  shore  of 
the  river  where  he  was  to  take  his  boat  for  the 
fort,  in  close  company  with  him.  On  arriving 
near  the  Bhore,  the  Major  suddenly  changed  the 
Bubject  of  conversation  and  said  in  an  impressive 
voice.  '•  Col.  Wade,  there  is  something  going    on 

heir  that    I   do     no'     understand     and    cannot     find 

oat.  I  say  this  to  put  you  on  your  guard  at  the 
Port.  I  fear  there  is  something  brewing  about 
us,  and  all  I  ran  saj  is  look  out  for '."  With  these 
words  be  suddeolj  returned  upon  bis  path,  evi- 
dently to  avoid  all  inquiry  or   explanation.     I 


Wade  was  wholly  unable  at  the  time  to  guess 
from  what  quartet   the  threatened  mischief  might 

be  expected.  But  after  Arnold's  defection  it  be- 
came evident  that  the  Major  had  had  his  suspic- 
ions excited  by  the  secret  communications  which 
were  carried  on,  or  by  the  privacy  with  which 
Arnold  wrote,  and  the  care  with  which  he  kepi 
certain  papers  hidden  from  all  about  him.  He 
therefore  took  this  method  to  rouse  the  vigilence 
of  a  principle  officer  ol'  the  garrison,  without  going 
so  far  as  to  involve  himself  by  making  charges 
against  his  General,  who,  after  all  might  be  en- 
tirely innocent.  Col.  Wade  always  thought  it 
highly  honorable  to  the  Major's  acuteness  and  fi- 
delity, and  I  lament  that  I  have  forgotten  his 
name.  It  must  have  been  Varicks  or  Franks,  :h 
ihey  were  Arnolds  Aids  at  the  time.  The  warn- 
ing so  impressed  Col.  Wade,  that  had  Buspicious 
orders  been  received  he  might  have  paved  the 
Port  and  the  garrison.  —  Boston   <  'ouru  r. 

Col  Wade  and  LaFaye.tte.  When  Gen  La 
Payette  visited  this  part  ofthe  country  in  1824, 
he  was  received  in  Ipswich  in  a  manner  as  gratify- 
ing to  him  as  creditable  to  the  old  shire-town. 
The  elegant  taste  with  which  the  ladies  decorated 
the  stone  bridge  and  the  church,  seemed  like  the 
illusive  but  charming  effect  of  enchantment.  After 
the  General  had  received  the  congratulations  of 
this  ancient  and  highly  respectable  town,  and  had 
poured  his  own  grateful  benedictions  upon  its  in- 
habitants, he  was  invited  to  partake  of  a  collation 
provided  by  Col.  Tread  well.  The  several  com- 
mittees from  the  towns  of  Ipswich.  Newburyport, 
and  Haverhill  were  invited  to  the  table.  The 
General  was  near  the  head  of  the  table.  When 
in  the  act  of  taking  his  second  glass  of  wine.  Col. 
Wade  was  introduced  to  him  h\  one  of  the  Hav- 
erhill commit  ice.  The  cordial  embrace  of  these 
two  veteran  companions  in  arms  was  affecting 
ption.     Theoccasion    was   patriotic 

and  triumphant  ;    the  recollections  ofyOUthful  and 

heroic  achievements  in  which  tbej  bad  both   been 


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engaged,  were  vivid  and  animating ;  their  meet- 
ing was  but  momentary,  their  parting  was  soon 
to  be  eternal.  Under  circumstances  so  proud,  so 
tender,  with  bosoms  now  swelling  with  patriotic 
exultation  and  now  melting  into  the  most  affec- 
tionate expressions  of  kindness,  these  Revolution- 
ary chiefs  held  the  following  dialogue,  during 
which  their  hands  were  never  separated  : 

Gen.  LaF.  O  ray  dear  Colonel !  you  remember 
Long  Island,  and  the  night  of  Aug  12,  1778,  when 
you  and  I  lamented  the  misunderstanding  of  D' 
Estaing  and  Gen.  Sullivan? 

Col.  W.  Indeed  I  do  ;  and  never  can  forget  it. 
It  was  a  dreadful  storm,  and  the  soldiers  had  no 
shelter ;  my  duty  required  me  to  be  out  to  watch 
the  enemy,  and  you  insisted  upon  walking  the 
rounds  with  me  all  night,  although  I  urged  you  to 
go  to  your  tent. 

Gen.  LaF.  I  was  too  anxious  to  sleep  and  I 
thought  it  my  duty  to  conciliate  the  American 
officers,  as  the  French  admiral  seemed  to  insist 
too  much  upon  punctilio  to  the  injury  of  our  com- 
mon operations  We  did  not  mind  the  rain,  altho 
we  were  drenched  through  and  through. 

Col  W.  No,  indeed.  Had  D'Estaing  assisted 
us,  I  always  thought  we  should  have  compelled 
Gen.  Pigot  to  surrender ;  we  missed  a  fine  oppor- 
tunity. But,  my  dear  General,  do  you  remember 
West  Point? 

Gen.  LaF.  O  my  dear  friend,  I  do!  and  when 
Gen.  Washington  first  heard  of  the  defection  of 
Arnold,  he  asked,  k'  Who  has  the  immediate  com- 
mand?" On  being  told  that  it  was  you,  he  said: 
"Col.  Wade  is  a  true  man,  I  am.  satisfied  /" 
Gen.  Green  and  myself  immediately  repaired  to 
the  garrison.  Do  3011  not  recollect  seeing  me 
riding  rapidly  in  from  the  north-east  corner  when 
we  took  the  Division  up  to  King's  Ferry? 

Here  the  feelings  of  the  two  Heroes  became  too 
strong  for  utterance  ;  they  hung  upon  each  other. 
— Newburyport  Union. 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Wade's  Co.  to  Aug.  1775. 

Feb.  26,  1776.  We  the  Subscribers  Who  Ware 
Commissioned  &  Non  Coram'd  Officers  In  Capt. 
Na.th'1  Wade's  Company  In  Colo.  Little's  Regt : 
In  the  Servis  of  the  Colony  of  the  Masechusets 
Bay  have  Each  of  us  Reed  of  the  Sd  Capt.    Wade 


the  Wages  Due  to  us  from  the  Colony  from  the 
time  of  our  Ingaging  into  the  Servis  to  the  First 
Day  of  Augst,  1775. 

Commissioned  Officers.  Joseph  Hodgkins, 
Aaron  Perkins. 

Sergts.  Jabez  Farley,  John  Graves,  Francis 
Merrirield,  Joseph  Appleton,  Jnn. 

Corp'ls.  Aaron  Fitts,  Jonathan  Foster,  Jabez 
Ross. 

Drum,  Fife.  William  Calloway,  William 
Osborn. 

Feb.  2G,  1776.  We  the  subscribers  Who  Ware 
Soldiers  In  Capt.  Nath'l  Wade's  Company,  In 
Colo.  Little's  Regiment,  in  servis  of  the  Masechu- 
sets Bay,  have  each  of  us  Rec'd  of  the  Sd  Capt. 
Wade  the  Wages  Due  to  us  from  the  time  of  our 
Inlisting  to  the  First  Day  of  Augt,  1775. 

John  Baker  fr  son  Nat'l  William   Goodhue 

Thomas   Appleton  William   Longfellow 

Kneeland  Ross  James  Heard 

Benjamin   Ross  Daniel   Dutch 

Philip    Abbott  Thomas   Hodgkins,  4th 

Nathaniel  Ross  Jabez   Sweet 

Ephraim  Goodhue  John  Peters 

Benjamin   Heard  Samuel   Lord 

John   Heard,  jr  ,  for  David  Lord 

John   Harris,  4th  Alexander    Wells 

Joseph  Fowler,  3d  Isaac  Caldwell 

Philip  Lord,    Jun'r  Nathaniel  Jones 

Joseph    Hodgkins    for  James  Wharff 

Th's  Hodgkins,  5  Joseph  Wise 

Joseph  Hodgkins  for  Stephen   Dutch 

Nath'l  Rust,  jr.  Abraham  Knowlton,   jr 

Nath'l   March  James  Perkins 

John  Smith,  3d  Charles    Lord 

Nath'l  Treadwell,  jr  John  Fitts 

Daniel  Stone  Thomas  Farmer,  jun'r 

James  Sawtol  Daniel  Goodhue 

John   Sweet  Edward  Stacy 

James   Smith  Nathaniel  Lakeman 

Charles  Barnes  John  Caldwell 
Francis  Brown 

The  Profile  in  this  No.  is  a  copy  by  Arthur  W. 
Dowe  of  the  original,  which  is  in  the  possession 
of  Col.   Wade's  grandson,  Mr.  Fancis    H.    IFade. 

Mr.    TFade    has  also   more   than    sixty    Army 
Letters  of  his  grandfather,  Col.  Joseph  Hodgkins 
and  we  hope  to  print  extracts  from    them   in   our, 
next  Number. 


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NO.    XX 


COL.    JOSEPH    aODGKINS. 
Died  Sept.  _•">.   1829.  aged    96  >i<'ars. 
('(•I.  Joseph  Hodgkins  of  Revolutionary  uiptno- 
rv.  was  born  ami   died    in    Ipswich.     His   home 
during  a  pari  of  bis  married  life  was  in  the  vener- 
able Saltonetall  mansion.     He  was   Lieutenanl  in 
Capt.    Wade's  Company 
P   A  part  of  this  company  only,  went  voluntarily 
B  into  tliis    Hght,    ami    Mr.    Fell    gives  the  names 
n  of  as  many  as  he  knew :  Cap!     [afterward    Col.] 
c  Nathaniel  Wade,  his  first  Li     .Joseph    Hodgkins, 
-  John  Lakeman,  Jabez  Farley,  John    How  Board- 
:  man,  Nathaniel  Farley,  Abraham  Perkins,  Moses 

3  Pindar,  and  Solomon    Coleman,    these    were   all 

■ 


living  in  1825.  Others  in  the  battle  with  them, 
were  Benjamin  Ross,  Aaron  Perkins,  John  Fow- 
ler, Philip  Lord,  jr.  Joseph  Wise,  Abraham 
K.iowlton,  Nehemiah  Choate,'  Isaac  Giddings, 
and  Nathaniel  Maker  who  was  wounded  in  the  an- 
kle   and  lamed  for  life. 

Col.  Hodgkins  was  in  the  Battles  of  Bunker 
Hill,  Pong  Island.  Haerlem  Heights,  White 
Plains.  Princeton,  and  at  the  Capture  of  Gen. 
Burgoyne's  army. 

He  was  Representative  from  1810-16,  and  held 
various  town  offices. 

I le  succeeded  Col.  Wade  in  the  command  of 
Middle  Essex   Keg. 

He  was  three  times  married,  ami  of  his  16 
children  only  one  survived  him.  He  married, 
(1,)  Joanna  Webber.  (2  )  Sarah,  dauDea  Aaron 
Perkins.  (.'».)  Lydia,  widow  of  Flisha  Treadwell 
and  dau.  of  Dea.  John  Crocker.  Dea.  Crocker 
lived  also  in  the  Saltonstall  house 

The  Letters  <>f  Col  Hodgkins  are  in    possession 
of  his  grandson.  Mr    Francis  H.    Wad.',    and    will 
be  read  with  interest  as  Revolutionary  relics: 
Extracts  from    Letters   to   his    Wif  . 

Cambridge,  Maj  ye  7,  177.V 
Loven  Wife:  Your  Letter  1  Received  this  mor- 
ning at  Warter  Town.  Receved  the  things  thai 
you  Bent  me.  I  have  Knothing  New  to  Write. 
Company  is  well.  I  whanl  to  know  wether  you 
bavegot  a  paster  for  the  cows,  for  I  cannot  Ml 
when    I    shall    com    home.      I     Received    Martha 

Kinsman  Letter,  and  am  glad  to  hear  that   she  is 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     JUNE,     1881. 


well,  tell  Martha.  Magger  Wade  is  Verry  well. 
Brother  Perkins  sends  his  love  to  you  and  all  his 
frinds.  But  it  is  now  almost  Dinner  Time,  and 
I  must  conclude  Bv  Subscribeing  my  self  your 
Loving  Husband  till  Death. 

June  ye  8,  1775.  We  got  into  Cambridge  on 
tusday  about  two  o'clock,  &  we  whear  verry  Bissy 
all  that  afternoon* a  Pitching  our  tents  upon  the 
Common  whare  the  Company  Lives  much  more 
Better  than  they  could  in  Barrick  :  the  ofi'ersers 
have  a  Verry  Plesant  Chamber  for  there  quorters, 
so  we  have  our  choice  wether  to  lodge  in  the 
chamber  or  tents.  Capt  Wade  &  I  Lodged  in 
the  tents  last  knight  and  we  where  much  Pleased 
with  our  Lodgen.  Thomas  is  well.  Liks  verry 
well.  I  should  be  glad  if  you  could  git  some 
cloth  at  mr.  Pickards  for  thotnas  a  Pair  troussis  ; 
ifyousenda  candell  stick  I  should  Be  glad. — 
Brother  Perkins  is  well  and  is  got  his  cote  ?  cut 
very  small. 

June  ye  13,  1775.  I  due  not  expect  to  come 
home  verry  soon  :  we  Live  verry  well.  But  are 
oblidged  to  expend  coucederable  cash.  I  have 
Received  the  things  you  sent  By  Mr.  Tradwell, 
and  am  very  glad  of  them.  1  should  Be  glad  if 
you  could  see  Doctr  Calf,  [Calef]  and  get  some 
cloth  for  a  shirt,  for  the  weather  is  hot,  &  shirts 
Durtty  verry  fa9t :  as  for  News  we  have  not  much. 
They  say  generall  gagees  Reinforcement  is  got  in. 
to  Boston.  But  what  Number  we  know  not  nor 
Don't  care  much.  But  its  now  all  most  four  o'clk 
and  Capt.  Wade  and  Insign  Perkins  are  gone  to 
take  a  walk  this  after  noon  with  their  frinds,  &  I 
am  obliged  to  Peradethe  Cumpany  at  four  o'clok. 

June    14.     Received     the     shirte    By    Coson 


Hodgkins  Last  Knight.  This  morning  we  are 
going  upon  gavel  Down  to  Madame  Inmons  whear 
our  sentnals  stand  in  Plan  site  of  the  Regelars. 
I  have  sent  a  shirte  and  a  Pair  Stockings  by  Ja- 
bez  Tradwell.  Pray  send  them  again  as  soon  as 
you  can. 

[The  day  after  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  he 
wrote  :] 

Cambridge,  June  ye  18.  I  would  just  inform 
you  that  we  had  a  verry  hot  ingagement  yesterday 
but  god  Presarved  all  of  us,  for  whitch  mercy  1 
Desire  ever  to  be  thankfull.  We  have  Ben  al- 
armed to  Day,  but  come  to  no  Engagement :  it 
is  all  most  night  now  and  we  are  going  to  en- 
trenching to-night,  therefore  I  cannot  he  Per- 
tickler.  Dont  be  Discoredged.  I  hope  that  we 
shall  be  carred  thrue  all  our  Difflttes  and  have 
abundant  occasion  to  Prase  the  Lord  to  get  her. 
Brother  Perkins  is  not  very  well,  but  I  hope  it  is 
nothing  but  being  worred. 

June  ye  "20,  1775.  1  am  well,  but  verry  much 
worred  with  our  last  Saturday  Curmege  &  yes- 
terdays moving  Down  to  winter  Hill  where  we 
now  are,  and  Live  in  Expectation  of  further  En- 
gagement with  the  Enemy.  But  I  Desire  to  be 
content  with  alotments  of  gods  Providancc  and 
hope  in  his  mercy  for  Salvation  and  Deliverance 
from  all  these  eavels  witcb  we  feel  and  fear. 

I  sent  a  shirte  and  a  pair  stockins  by  Jabas 
Tradwell  Last  week.  I  should  be  glad  of  them 
soon.  I  sent  a  Suguer  Box  by  Naty  Dodge.  I 
wish  you  could  fill  it  as  soon  as  you  can.  I  have 
sent  a  shirte  by  Mr.  Dennis.  1  beleve  it  whants 
a  lettel  mending.     I  should  be  glad  of  sum  eoffe. 


TPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     JUNE     1881. 


.1  ii iic  j e  23,  177.1  I  would  just  inform  you 
that  we  came  from  the  lull  this  morning,  and  ex- 
pect to  Btay  in  Town  two  Days,  unless  there 
should  '"■  an  alarm.  I  Received  the  things  <& 
Letter  yon  Bent  me  and  amverryglad  to  hear  that 
im\  Dear  Children  whare  well.  Von  senl  me 
wurd  thai  Capt  Perkins  is  got  borne,  and  I  whaa 
glad  to  hear  of  it.  I  hope  be  is  got  Borne  corn 
for  me.  Tell  him  that  he  must  assist  ingitingthe 
corn  inline  to  you.  I  dont  think  that  1  shall  get 
borne  verry  soon.  Have  not  time  to  write  Per- 
tickler  of  ye  engagement,  but  we  whare  Exposed 
to  a  vern  hot  fire  of  Cannon  and  small  Amies 
aliout  two  hours,  but  we  whare  Presarved.  I  had 
one  hull  went  under  my  anne  and  cut  a  large  hole 
in  my  coate.  &  a  Buckshot  went  throne  my  coate 
and  Jacket,  hut  neither  of  them  Did  me  any 
barme.  Nat  is  sick  and  is  coming  home.  Hut 
lie  must  go  to  bis  mother's.  1  I  >oe  not  expect 
you  to  take  care  ol  him  if  he  is  sick.  Brother  Per- 
kins is  not  very  well;  he  complans  of  Rumacttick 
Pane  in  bipes. 

Cambridge,    duly:!.    177"..     Monday  morning 

about  8  o'clock.  1  nowset  down  to  write  a  line 
to  yon  to  inform  you  that  my  cold  is  a  Lettel  Bet- 
ter, but  my  Btumok  is  verry  sore  yet.  But  I  have 
got  some  Drops  to  Take  white  b  I  am  in  •  hopes 
will  bealp  me  Boon. 

Geaneral  Washington  and  Lees  got  into  Cam- 
bridge yesterday,  and  to  Day  thay  arc  to  take  a 
Vew  of  ye  Armey,  &  that  will  be  attended  with  a 
grate  Deal  ofgrandor.  There  is  at  this  time  one 
&  twenty  Drummers,  a.  as  meny  fetters  a  Beting 
and  Playing  Bound  the  Prayde. 

I   have  -.flit  you  one  shirte  &   two  pr    BtOCkingS, 

&  Brother  Perkins  baa  sent  two   shirt,    and    they 


are  all  Tied  up  in  your  Piller  Case,  by  -Mr.  Per- 
son.  Due  try  and  get  Thomas  Britches  and  send 
them  as  soon  as  you  can. 

Sept.  8,   I77."i.  in  Camp   at    Prospect  Hill.     1 

want  to  hear  from  you  to  know    how    Salle    dose. 

I  feel  uneasy  about  her,  but  hope  she  is  upon    the 

mending  hand.  The  Knem\  have  not  tired  a  gun 
nor  sent  a  Bum  at  our  people  sence  I  have  ben 
hear.  Except  a  few  -mall  armes  at  our  people  who 
went  down  on  (harlstown  Common  after  Sum 
bosses.  This  was  a  Wen-day.  but  at  night  about 
10  o'clk  the  Rifel  men  tuck  three  hoses  without 
receiving  any  harm. 

(amp  at  Prospect  Hill,  Sept.  ye  20,  1 77."*.  It 
seams  to  be  Prety  Healthy  in  our  Brighad,  but 
wickedness  I'revales  verry  much  to  the  astonish- 
ment of  any  that  beholds  them.  I  bave  not  time 
to  be  Pertickler  now  about  maters,  I  must  be 
shorte.  I  bave  sent  for  my  Rum  \>\  Sam'll  Beal] 
&  I  should  be  glad  that  you  would  get  that  of 
Capt  Kendall's,  and  send  by  him,  &  if  you  can 
Bend  me  that  small  Rug,  that  will  save  Bying  a 
blanket  lor  Thomas.  I  sopose  that  you  ma\  -end 
me  any  thing  by  Hcall. 

I  would  jest  inform  you  that  the  enemy  have 
fired  a  grate  meney  cannon  &  bums  this  weak. 
but  I  Don't  know  as  thay  have  I)  me  any  Dameg. 
Brother  Perkins  is  well. 

I  wrote  the  above  I>ust  Night,  and  1  Expected 
that  Capt.  Dodge  would  sent  mr.  Beall  home  this 
l>a\.  but  as  he  Dose  not.  Bom  body  Eala  will 
Boon  go. 

(  ampat  Prospect  Hill,  Oct.  ye  20,  1775.  Hav- 
ing just  come  of  the  Picket  gard  and  Being  all 
alone  this  Ravning,  1  Bel  Down  to  Write  a  tine 
or  two.     I    am  well,  thhugb   Prity  much  Worred 


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IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     JUNE,     1881. 


with  Being  out  amost  all  Last  night  in  the 
storme.  Things  at  Present  seam  to  whare  a  very 
gloomy  aspect. 

If  you  could  send  me  a  little  more  course  shoe 
thread  you  will  oblige  me  very  much.  Give  my 
regards  to  Brother  Perkins  and  tel  him  I  Bought 
the  Rabbit  ?  by  taking  his  Turn  of  Duty  Last 
night. 

Saterday  night.  We  have  had  a  very  socking 
time  of  it.  But  our  tents  Dry  very  well,  only 
it  smoked  very  Bad  in  the  storme. 

I  hear  that  wood  is  very  scase.  I  would  have 
you  Bye  some  while  the  Carting  la9ts.  I  am  cob- 
cerned  about  farther  Hodgkins,  for  I  Due  not 
know  how  he  will  mak  out  to  get  wood.  But  I 
hope  Brother  John  will  not  see  him  suffer.  Tell 
Brother  John  his  Boys  is  well.  I  hope  if  Capt. 
Wade  should  get  well  enouf  to  come  hear  with 
Brother  Perkins,  I  shall  mak  out  to  get  a  furlow 
home. 

Camp  att  Prospect  Hill,  Octor  ye  29,  1775.  I 
received  the  things  you  sent  me  by  Brother  &  I 
Rejoyce  to  hear  that  you  and  all  my  frind  are 
well,  as  he  informs  me,  excepting  his  child,  witch 
he  says  he  Dont  think  it  is  alive  now.  But  how- 
ever that  may  be.  I  hope  god  will  fit  it,  and  all 
concerned  for  bis  holy  will  and  Pleasur.  I  must 
be  short,  for  it  is  almost  meating  time.  I  would 
not  have  you  uneasv  about  me,  for  as  soon  as 
Capt.  Wade  comes  hear,  I  shall  try  for  a   furlow. 

I  believe  you  think  I  am  jocking  when  I  sent 
for  shoe  thread.  But  I  have  made  four  Pair  of 
Shoes  and  have  a  number  more  to  mak,  and  if 
you  could  send  me  sum  thread  I  will  pay  you  the 
cash  for  it,  and  thankey  into  the  Bargain,  for  I 
cannot  get  any  hear. 


In  Camp  at  Prospect  Hill,  Nov.  25.  1775.  ] 
would  just  informe  you  that  Last  Wensday  night 
our  People  went  to  Cobble  Hill  and  intrenched 
there,  and  have  ben  very  bisey  ever  sense  a  finish- 
ing there  work,  &  have  got  Down  there  several] 
cannon  in  order  to  give  the  ship  a  worming  that 
lays  up  above  Charlstown.  AH  this  has  Ben 
Done  &  our  Enemy  hath  not  fired  a  gun  at  our 
People,  whitch  I  think  is  very  extrodinery.  But 
how  ever  there  seams  to  be  a  grate  Probability 
of  a  movement  very  soon.  But  whare  I  cannot 
tell.  But  I  hope  we  shall  Be  on  our  garde.  But 
our  armey  is  very  thine  now,  But  in  good  spirits, 
and  I  hope  we  shall  be  assisted  by  him  hone  h 
able  with  a  small  number  to  Put  thousands  to 
flite. 

Nov.  25.  Our  men  inlist  Very  slow  and  our 
enemy  have  got  a  Reinfoicment  of  five  Regiments 
— and  if  the  New  army  is  not  Reased  in  Season, 
I  hope  I  and  all  my  townsmen  shall  have  virtue 
enote  to  stay  all  winter  as  Voluntears  Before  we 
Will  leave  the  lines  without  men.  For  oil  is  at 
stake,  and  if  we  Due  not  exarte  ourselves  in  this 
gloris  cause,  our  all  is  gon.  and  we  made  slaves  of 
forever.     But  I  pray  god  it  may  never  be  so. 

Decern  ye  3,  1775.  I  am  something  worred 
with  Duty  by  reason  of  soe  many  officers  being 
absent  Part  of  the  famous  Prise  has  arrived  at 
Cambridge  from  Cayann.  Men  inlist  very  slow. 
I  hope  Capt.  Wade  will  meet  with  better  suckcess 
than  what  we  do  I  expect  him  down  in  a  day  or 
two.  If  you  see  Capt.  Wade  tel  him  I  hope  he 
will  com  hear  soon. 

To  be  continued. 

Arthur  W.  Dowe,  Ijmoi'ch,  Mass. 


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Simon  Smith's  Hotise,  1790 
The  above  picture  is  a  sketch  of  a  little  dwell- 
ing house  which  -tool  a  few  rods  from  the  High 
Blreel  School  House,  at  the  foot  of  a  hill  which  is 
now  levelled.  It  was  for  many  years  the  home  of 
sun. in  smith  and  Mary  [ShatswelL]  his  wife, 
and  afterward  of  William  Lord,  called  by  Ins 
neighbors,  "Gunner  Bill."  The  picture  was  made 
(by  A  W .  Do  we,)  for  proof  sheets  of  "John  and 
Elisabeth  Smith.  1654,  and  their  Descendants  in 
Jpgwich  " 


Mai  6,  1703.  Voted  allinnatively  that  [f  any 
peon  or  psons  from  This  time  shall  suffer  any  Dog 
Little  or  great  to  Come  Into  the  Meetiug  house 
on  ye  Sabbath  or  Lecture  Days,  the  owner  of  such 
Dogs  being  I  on v icled yrof  before  any  •  Justice  of 
the  peace  shall  pay  ve  sum  of  one  shilling — one 
balfe  yrof  To  the  <  !omplainer — &  ye  other  balfe  to 
ve  overseers  of  ye  poor  for  ye  use  of  ye  poor,  lor 
ever}  Biich  conviction. 

Bi  rlei    W'ii.i..       This  18th   of  July,    1663, 

This  i,  to  cert  i I've  that    I  <  i  Idles  Lirdly  of  IpSWJcb, 

being  inperflt  memorye  though  Weak  in  bodyedo 

mak  this  m\c  last   Will  and    Testament  as    follow- 

eth:   I  will  thai  all  my  former  ingagments    bj  m\ 


vncle  deseased  l>e  fulfilled.  I  give  to  my  wife  Elis- 
abeth my  hovse  and  grovnd  abovtil  with  the  vse 
ol  the  barne  so  much  as  maye  serve   her  end.  and 

al  nnles  they  which  shall  give  the  ground  stand  in 
oi  \  sing  som  of  it.  with  the  prevaledges  belonging 
to  it.  with  my  other  ground?  Loth  vpland  >v  raed- 
ow  dvring  her  life,  for  the  comfort  of  my  Wife 
and  Children  :  and  at  my  Wive-  death.  I  give  to 
my  Eldest  son  Andrew  my  grass  and  ground  at 
hoin  and  abrode  with  the  prevaledges  belonging 
therto  to  him  and  to  his  male  Aires  :  and  in  case 
my  Son  Andrew  dye  without  Airs,  I  give  it  my 
Son  .lames  :  and  in  Case  he  dye  without  aires,  to 
my  son  John  :  and  I  will  my  Son  Andrew  within 
a  yeare  and  half  after  his  possesion  of  it.  to  pay 
to  my  son  .lame-  fifteen  pound  as  a  legasy  I  give 
to  him,  and  within  a  year  and  a  half  after  thai  I 
wil  my  Son  Andrew  to  pay  my  Son  John  the  Same 
Some  of  fifteen  pound  as  legasye  I  give  him  to  be 
paid  in  come  and  cattle  Eqvally  alike,  and  incase 
Andrew  dye  without  Aiis.  that  dames  shall  pave 
to  John  the  whole  thirty  povnd.  1  give  my  hovs- 
hold  goods,  I  give  to  my  Wife  to  be  at  her  dis- 
posing, and  all  the  res  of  my  Estate  I  give  t->  my 
son  Andrew  as  above  mentioned,  and  for  the  per- 
formance of  this  in\  Will,  I  make  my  friend  The- 
ophilns  Wilson  my  exexetor,  and  my  friends  de- 
con  Knowlton  and  Jacob  Roster  to  be  my  over 
Seer-  to  Be  this  my  Will  performed,  and  hereunto 
I  sel  to  my  hand.  <  •  1 1 1 1  r    Li.koii 

Thomas  Knowlton.  sen'r..  Jacob  foster,  witnesses 
Thomas  Knowlton  &  Jacob   Roster   vpon  oath 

testified  in  Corrt   held  at  Ipswich  the  •_".'  of    Sept  : 

1668,  that  this  is  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Gyles  Birdlye  to  the  best  of  there  knowledge,  ^ 
that  he  was  of  a  disposeing  mynde. 

\    attesl .  Roberl  Lord.  ( lleric. 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     JULY,     1881. 


The  Hodgkins  Letters. 

Continued  from  the  June  number. 

1776.  Camp  Prospect  Hill,  Jan.  7,  1776.  1 
am  sorry  that  I  have  the  occation  to  inform  von 
that  it  is  a  good  deal  siekly^among  ,us.  We  bnred 
Willeby  Nason  last  thnsday.  John  Sweet  is  very 
sick  in  Camp,  &  Josiah  Persons  of  Cape  Ann  in 
our  Company  is  just  moved  to  the  ospittle.  Capt 
Parker  is  a  little  better.  L  Mr.  Harden  is  sick  in 
Camp.  John  Holladay  Died  Last^Thusday  night. 
There  whas  five  Burid  that  kday.  We  burid  Mr. 
Nason  from  the  ospittle.  Capt.  Willm  Wade  has 
Lost  one  man.     He  was  burrid  a  friday. 

We  live  in  our  tents  Yet,  but  the  men  are 
cheafly  gone  in  to  barrocks. 

Jan.  ye  8.  Capt  Parker  remains  very  sick.  1 
am  in  hopes  John  Sweet  is  a  littie  better.  One 
of  Capt.  Dodges  Sargt  is  Very  Dangerously  Sick. 
It  is  a  good  deal  sickly  among  us,  and  a  grate 
many  Die  verry  Sudden,  but  I  hope  god  will  apear 
for  us  and  Remove  the  Pestilence  and  the   Sword. 

My  Dear :  I  wrote  the  within  Letter  Last  night 
— after  I  wrote  and  got  to  bed,  I  heard  a  number 
of  cannon,  upon  witch  we  soon  saw  a  fire,  &  we 
soon  got  up  the  Hill  and  found  that  the  houses 
over  to  Charlestown  whare  all  in  flames,  &  sense 
we  hear  that  a  number  of  generall  Putnam's  men 
went  over  and  sot  them  on  fire,  and  brought  of 
one  or  two  Prisoners,  and  they  say  they  Brought 
of  one  woman,  my  Dear,  due  find  me  a  Little 
Sho  thread,  for  I  must  mak  a  pr  or  two  of  Boots. 

Feb.  3,  1770.  Live  in  our  tent  yet  only  when 
we  are  smoked  out,  and  then  we  gitshealter  some 
whar  else.  We  live  Prety  well,  and  our  Duty  is 
not  hard.  We  go  on  guarde  only  once  in  tin  Day, 


but  we  spend  a  grate  Part  of  our    time   in    Exer- 
cising the  Regiment. 

My  Dear,  I  whant  a  little  Sho  thread,  &  I  shld 
be  glad  to  have  you  send  my  shiite  as  soon  as  you 
can.  Tell  Brother  Perkins  he  must  write'to*  Mr. 
Hall  before  he  will  send  the  Papper. 

In  Camp  att  Prospect  Hill,  Feb.  ye  5,  177(5. 
You  informed  me  that  Mr.  Frisby  is  to  be  or- 
dained next  Wensday.  I  wish  1  could  be  at 
home,  but  I  cannot.  Capt.^Wade  has  been  some 
thing  unwell,  but  is  better  now.  1  gave  your  re- 
gards to  Capt.  Wade,  but  he  Did  not  wish  you 
had  his  Bed  fellow,  but  I  wish  you  had  with  all 
my  heart. 

Fen.  ye  G.  I  should  lien  very  glad  to  come 
home  toordanation  ;  and  upon  mv  making  apply- 
cation  to  Capt  Wade,  he  whent  to  the  Colo.  & 
when  he  found  that  one  officer  out  of  the  Compa- 
uy  might  go  home,  insted  of  speaking  a  word  for 
me,  he  spoke  two  for  himself.  But  if  you  should 
have  the  opportunity  to  see  bim,  due  ask  him  to 
supper  with  you.  Though  I  due  not  Expect  you 
will  see  him  soon  Enough. 

Feb.  12.  We  under  go  a  deall  of  Defietty  for 
whant  of  a  Better  house.  But  J  Expet  to  move 
in  a  Day  or  two  to  our  Barrok,  where  we  have 
uota  Prety  Room.  The  weather  is  very  cold  & 
our  tent  smocks  so  that  it  is  with  Defetty  that  1 
can  stay  in  it.  It  is  saved  that  the  General  are 
determaned  to  do  something  very  soon,  but  what 
the  event  will  be  god  only  knows:  Tell  brother  I 
sent  his  letter  to  Mr  Hall. 

March  ye  12.  The  army  in  general  have  had 
orders  to  be  Ready  to  march,  but  what  Regiments 
will  march  is  unserting  yet. 


TPSWICll     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     JULY,     1881. 


Mch  ye  17.  I  wr  >:••  bj  Mr.  Dennis,  but  be 
did  not  get  borne  so  -non  :is  I  Expected.  Mv  re- 
guard  to  Brother  Chapman,  &  tell  liira  I  wham 
mj  Breeches  \er\  much,  for  I  do  not  know  lint 
w c  shall  march  soon. 

March  ye  18,  1  7 7» ; .  My  Deaf.  I  wrote  a  let- 
ter yesterdaj'  morning,  and  soon  alter  I  wrote. 
[here  apeared  a  grate  movement  among  the  Ene- 
my, aud  we  soon  found  that  Ihey  had  Left  Buu- 
kei  Hill  &  Boston,  and  all  gone  <>n  board  the 
sniping  &  our  army  took  Possestion  of  Bunker 
Mill  aud  aUo  of  Boston,  but  none  went  lo  Boston 
i.nt  those  that  have  had  the  small  pox.  Brother 
can  inform  vou  of  matters  better  than  I  can  by 
writing.     All  I  can   say   is   that    we    must    move 

some  where  very  soon,  but  I  would  not    have  you 

mak  yourself  uneasy  about  that,  for  our    Enemye 

seem  to  be  a  tleeing  before  us,    which    seems   to 
give  a  spring  to  our  spirits 

.March  ye  20.  I  have  sent  you  three  Black 
Hanchiefs  by  Mr.  Burley,  and  he  says  he  will 
cheange  one  for  a  white  one  if  you  chuse.  I  f  \  on 
are  amind  to  Part  with  any  of  them,  the  price  is 
l  6  Eor  news  we  have  nothing  but  what  you 
will  have  in  the  Pappers  The  Regulars  have 
Burnt  and  Blone  up  the  ( lassel. 

mcb  23,  1776.  Camp  al  Prospect  Hill  We 
Remain  here  yet  and  I  cant  find  out  which  way 
we  shall  goe  I  Determen  to  see  you  before  we 
march  if  Possibly  lean.  I  expected  Capt  Dodge 
would  been  hear  before  now.  There  has  Just  now 
orders  come  out  for  -i\  Regts  to  be  Readj  to 
march  on  the  shortest  notis,  which  gives  me  3ome 
Reason  to  think  that  oi  r  Regement  will  not  inarch 
tin-  some  tune,  if  at  all  But  I  would  not  have 
you  Depend  tue  much  on  our  staying  hear,  for  it 
is  only  my  thought  of  the  matter  I  have  sent 
you  a  quire  of  Paper  Bj  Jabbz  Parley,  for  I  am 
tio  fond  of  Letters  that  I  shall  not  only  Embrase 
Kvry  oppertunity  to  write  raj  self,  but  will  furnish 
\ou  where  with  to  do  the  same.  The  six  Regt 
thai  l  Quenched,  the}  do  not  an\  of  them  belong  to 
oiii  Brigade. 


Match  ye  25  I  received  yours  yesterday  by 
Capt  Dodge.  I  have  sent  somethings  by  (apt 
Thomas  Dodge.  Have  just  heard  that  the  fleet 
are  a  coming  to  sale.  But  I  do  not  know  the 
Truth  of  it.  for  I  hav  just  come  Down  from  Cam- 
bridge.—  To  be  Continued. 


Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers'  House,  1728. 

The  following  piece  in  verse,  was  written  by 
Henry  ('.  Knight,  A.  M.  The  house  to  which  il 
refers  is  the  well  known  Rogers  Mansion  on  High 
i  t.  owned  and  occupied  Tor  many  years  by  t he 
late  Nath'l  Lord,  jr.  It  was  built  in  1728,  by  Mr 
Ri  igei  s. 

The  first  Rev.  Nath'l  Rogers,  1638,  built  a 
house  where  the  residence  of  the  lute  David  Ba- 
ker now  stands.  A  part  of  that  earlj  Rogers 
house  was  incorporated  into  the  house  built  by 
Thomas  Baker,— -the  residence  for  many  years  of 
Mrs  Mary"  Ann  Choate.  V  silver  cup  with  the 
initials  N.  R.  was  dug  up  in  laying  the  founda- 
tion of  the  I  >avid  Baker  house. 

The  lasl  Rev.  Nath'l  Rogers  died  in  177.">;  tra- 
dition say-  Dr.  Dana  wrote  the  epitaph  on  the 
very  quaint  stone  in  the  High  streel  Yard  : 

In  Memory  of 
TheRev.  Nathaniel  Rogers  who  was  more  than 
17  year.-,  a  faithful  &  beloved  Pastor  of  the  first 
Church  &  congregation  in  this  place:  Colleague 
the  first  18  years  with  bis  venerable  Father,  the 
Rev.  John  Rogers  of  precious  memery,  whose 
dust  lies  near :  Uone  in  olBce  after,  until  death 
translated  him  to  the  high  reward  of  his  labors. 
He  slept  in  -Ions  May   10th,   A.  1».   1775,     .1'.  74. 

A    mind    profoundly    -real,    a    heart    that    felt 
The  ties  of  nature,   friendship    and   humanity. 
Distinguished  wisdom,  dignity  of  maun. 
These  marked  the  Man;  bul  with  superior  grace 
The   Christian    shone    in    faith  «&    heavenly    zeal, 
sweet  peace,  li  ue  goodness  and  pre>  ailing  prayer. 
Dear  man  of  God,  with  what   strong   agonies 
I  le    wrestled    for   his   flock    >v    lor   the   world. 
And  like   Apollo-  mighty   in  the  Scriptures, 
i  ipened  the  m\  steries  ol   Love  dh  ine, 

And    the    ureal    name   of  Jesus. 

Warm  from  his  lips  the  heavenly  doctrine  fell, 

And  numbers  rescued   I  of  hell. 

Shall  bail  bim  blest   in  realm-  of  lighl    unknown. 

And  add  immortal  lustre  to  his  crown. 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     JULY,     1881. 


The  High  street  Rogers  House  was  owned  after 
the  death  of  Mr  Rogers  by  Jacob  Tread  well,  and 
later  by  Joseph  Knight.  The  marriage  of  Mr. 
Knight  was  recorded  in  Ipswich  :  "1793,  Joseph 
Knight  of  Hampton,  N.  H.  and  Mary  Treadwell 
of  Ipswich."  Rev.  Levi  Frisbie  recorded  his 
death:  "Nov.  20,  1798,  died  Joseph  Knight, 
aged  40,  of  scrofulous  knee,  and  a  complication 
of  disorders  ;  had  moved  from  Newburyport  last 
Spring  to  the  house  which  formerly  belonged  to 
the  late  Rev.  Nath'l  Rogers,  which  he  had  bought 
of  Mr  Jacob  Treadwell."  The  Rev.  Henry  C. 
Knight,  who  wrote  the  poem,  is  said  to  have  been 
an  Episcopal  clergyman,  and  lived  at  one  time  in 
Rowley.  He  published  two  small  volumes  of 
verses,  quite  good  for  eighty  years  ago. 

Auction  Sale. 

Who  wants  to  buy  had   best    remember, 
That  on  the  thirtieth  of  November, 
By  Public  Auction   will  be    sold 
A  spacious  Mansion  known  of  old  ; 
Built  by  a  Priest  long  gone  to  rest, 
A  kin  to  Smithfield's  martyr  blest, 
And  sprung  from  him,  of  prime  renown, 
The  earler  pastor  of  the  Town, 
In  AGAWAM,  a  wondrous  place 
For  knitting  socks  and  bobbin  lace  ; 
For  sipping  tea  and  biscuit  eating, 
And  mossy  elms  and  girls  a-streeting  ; 
For  river  curving  through  the  town. 
Where  alewive  nets  scoop  up  and  down, 
O'er  which  a  stone-bridge  stands  astride, 
For  poor  to  walk  and  rich  to  ride ; 
Feeding  a  Factory  and  Distils, 
And  Saw,  and  Grist,  and  Fulling  Mills. 
Two  grand  Hotels  for  lunch  or  wines, 
Eagle  and  Washington  the    signs ; 
A  Bridewell  for  the  vagrant  breed  ; 
A  Powder  House  'gainst  time  of  need  ; 
A  Jail  for  men,  a  Pound  for    beasts ; 
Two  Meeting  Houses  and  two  Priests  ; 
Two  Doctors  to  prevent  disease, 
And  Lawyer  to  preserve  the  peace. 
This  Town,  so  central,  is  most  meet 
For  Registry  and  Probate   seat. 
But  money  brings  a  higher  rate 


In  foreign  stock  than  home  estate; 
As  age  will  not  and  fire   may  burn  it, 
They  into  dollars  think  to  turn  it. 
The  House  has  gable  front   lights  tall, 
With  store  and   wood  house,  sty  and  stall. 
And  then  to  please  his  wife,  the  buyer 
Can  if  he  chooses  build  it  higher. 
The  wall  within   all  hung  so  fine 
With  tapestries  of  painted    kine, 
A.nd  hunting  swains  and  bounding   stag, 
And  water  tumbling  down  the  crag. 
In  front  two  Button  trees  so  rear, 
They  fan  the  sun  when  glowing  near, 
And  oft  the  pane    the    traveller  sees 
Bend  from  his  chaise  to  note    those  Jtrees; 
And  tell  all  wet  with  natural    tears, 
The  changes  of  a  hundred  years. 
And  woe's  to  him  and  woe's  the  day 
That  lops  those  heavenly  tops  away. 
His  taste  be  banned  by  all  the   town  ; 
The  honors  of  his  head  pulled  down  ; 
And  all  who  meet  him  passing  nigh, 
Guard  sure  their  necks  and  scowl  him  by. 
The  well's  undrying,  limpid,  sweet. 
For  washing  clothes  or  seething  meat. 
And  with  the  Mansion  at  command, 
Are  acres  seven  of  goodly   land. 
The  left  a  garden  you  may  plant. 
With  pulse  or  currants  if  you  want ; 
The  right  an  open  yard  is  good 
For  drying  shirts  or  piling  wood. 
And  hard  behind  the  hill  sublime 
Is  towering  as  the  Poet's  rhyme; 
And  on  its  slope  and  top  there  grow 
Grasses  for  horse,  or  sheep,  or  cow  ; 
And  barberries  sour  and  apples  sweet, 
With  stone  wall  firm  and  fences  neat: 
Thence  you  may  view  the  motely  town, 
And  on  the  neighboring  sea  look  down 
The  house  is  but  few  rods  from  Court, 
And  place  where  Sunday  saints  resort. 
It  skirts  Plum  Pudding  or  High  Street, 
The  great  main  road  where  Stages  meet ; 
And  would  be  called  by  Squire  or  Clown 
As  choice  as  any  site  in  town. 
On  premises  the  terms  are  these, 
That  you  may  buy  it  if  you  please  : 
But  best  long  purses  bring  that  day, 
For  you  will  have  enough  to  pay. 

Arthur     W.     Dowe,    Box  15^,    Ipswich,    Mass. 


Antiquarian    faprs. 


Vol.    ii 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     A I  GUST,      1881 


NO.    Wll 


The  Hamlet.  1712. 
To  The  Inhabitants  of  Ipswich  now  Assembled. 
M  .  l,  l  7 1"_\  The  hunible  petition  of  us  whose 
names  are  hereunto  subscribed  humhh  showeth, 
That  whereas  by  God's  providence  our  habitations 
nee  so  farr  Distant  from  ye  publyk  Worshipp  of 
lioil  in  said  IVwne  \i  above  fourty  lamilies,  tho 
with  Great  Difficulty  repair  to  VVenham  to  Wor- 
ship God.  Theie  where  wee  have  been  :.tt  Great 
Charge  to  Build,  but  our  Numbers  being  greatly 
Kncreased  The  Roome  will  not  Containe  us  with- 
oui  some  lulargment  &  ve  burden  of  Conveying 
our  (families  to  said  house  so  Intolerable  yt  we 
cannot  rest  quiet,  but  if  possible  we  might  be  si- 
lent were  not  ye  circumstances  of  our  condition 
ard  i"  bare,  yrfore  after  twice  seven  years 
past  wee  Do«*  humbly  renew  <>r  petition  to  you 
who  are  our  (fathers,  yt  you  would  consider  ye 
circumstances  of  our  condition,  and  find  out  some 
way  for  us  to  have  ye  word  of  God  preached  a- 
niong  us,  or  freebj  Bettusofflo  be  a  precint  by 
ourselves,  &  free  us  from  paying  to  yc  ministry 
with  you,  yi  -owe  may  with  Greater  comfort,  & 
more  generally  attend  ye  publick  worshipp  of 
God  in  ye  midst  of  or  Hamlett  yi  God  ma)  be 
glorifyed  >v  or  Souls  edify ed.  so  hopeing  you  will 
grant  us  o'r  request  Wee  remaine  yore  humble 
petitioners,  viz  : 

Matthew  Whipple,  sen.  Jno:  Unliable 

Jno:  Whipple,  jun'r  Mattw    Annable 

.M  att :  W  hippie,  jr  .1  n« <  Annable,  ju'r 

I  I;  .Jno  Rockwell 

William  Moulton  Matt  Whipple,  3d 


A ntho   I • 
Christo'r  Bedl< 
Samuel   Poland 
Daniel  Gilbert 
Thomes    Durg\ 
Samuel   Tilton 
.lame--  If  row    ? 
Charles  Tuttle 
N  Mill"  11  Browne 
I;       ;  \\  alker 
Sam'll   Browne 

.Mall  :    Whipple.     Ith 
Nath'l    1'otlar 
.1  ii"  :    I  Itibliard 


•  lames  Whipple 

Jona  Whipple 

.1  in)  1  )i  ane 

I  >aniel  1  >eane 

Nath'l  Deane 

Edinund  Pottar 

Nath'l  Dike 

James  Browne 

Jacob  Brow  ne 

Parker  Dodge 

Jno  Walkt  i 

Jno  Whipple 

Jno  Loverill 

Nicholas  \V  illiam  - 

I  >aniel  Killim,  sen.  Abra.    Tilton 

Thomas  Brow  ne  Bernard  Th< 

John  <  rillbert  John  Thorne 

William  Quarles  Timo.   Knowlton 

R  chard  I  >odge  Isaac   <  biddings 

Moaes  Welch  Benj.  a.  Sarall  Knowlton 

Moses  Stevens  Jno  &  Thos  Knowlton 

Richard  Roberds  John   Hooker 

John  Perkins  Matthew   Annable 

James  Poland  Jnp    I  >a\  is,  jr 

Willm  M mx ii  1  Win   Da\  isou 

Jon   Piper  Joseph  Bn  iwne 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Ips- 
wich May  22.  171  2.  the  aforesaid  |  etion  was  grant- 
ed as  soon  as  the  petitioners  should  ''build  a 
Meeting  house  and  call  an  orthodox  minister  to 
preach  ye  <  lospel  to  them."  The\  were  reminded 
that  the  Church  had  always  supported  two  minis- 
ters and  ii  would  be  a  great  degeneracy  if  b\  the 

separations  part  of  their  maintenance  '-must  be 
dismissed."  The  boundary  of  the  Hamlet  parish: 
Annable  Harm,  and  Jacobs  irarra,  and  Abbott 
(farm,  Capt.  Whipple  ffarm,  ye  Mann  of  Joseph 
Whipple,  dee'd,    Lovering'a    'nine,    from  thence 

bouniogon  Coll.  Saltonstall   Ifar sclusively,  & 

all  ye  (farms  Lying  Upon    Wenhara  hounds,    and 
all  ye  Land    &    Inhabitants    I.)  ing    in   i !heh 
\  i  are  nol  Enclosed  I  n  (  hebacco  precint . 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     AUGUST,     1881. 


Rev.  William  Hubbard. 

John  Hull  thus  records  in  his  Diary  the  ordin- 
ation of  Mr.  Hubbard: 

November  17,  1657.  Mr.  William  Hubert  was 
ordained  a  teacher  to  the  church  at  Ipswich, 
where  he  was  brought  up  under  Mr.  John  Norton 
— the  Lord  thereby  making  a  complete  supply  to 
that  church  ;  before  he  supplied  the  death  of  Mr 
Rogers  by  Mr.  Cobbitt  in  the  pastoral  office  ;  and 
now  the  other ;  and  also  added  two  ruling  elders, 
which  they  never  had  before,  to  make  up  their 
want  of  Mr.  Norton,  of  whom  the  church  at  Bos- 
ton stood  in  so  much  need.  The  Lord  of  the  har- 
vest will  not  let  any  lose  by  the  help  they  spare 
to  Him 

About  twenty  years  later,  John  Hull  wrote  the 
following  letter  to  Mr.  Hubbard.  It  gives  us  a 
glimpse  of  the  financial  pinch  which  was  one  of 
the  worthy  minister's  trials  for  several  of  hisMast 
years. 

March  5,  1679-80.  To  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard 
of  Ipswich.  Sir:  I  have  patiently  and  a  long  time 
waited  in  hopes  that  you  would  have  sent  me 
some  part  of  the  money  which  1,  in  such  a  friend- 
ly manner,  parted  with  to  supply  your  necessities 
and  which  you  so  firmly  and  frequently  promised 
me  that  I  should  never  lose  by  so  doing :  but  I 
experimentally  find  that  I  have  waited  and  hoped 
in  vain.  I  did  indeed  think  that  the  ministerial 
calling  you  had  given  yourself  unto  did  oblige  me 
for  to  be  willing  to  help  you  ;  and  I  did  also  think 
it  would  oblige  you  for  to  be  very  true  and  just  in 
your  performance  to  me.  Sir,  I  do  entreat  you 
more  seriously  to  consider  thereof.  I  have  been 
very  slow,  hitherto,  to  sue  you  at  the  law,  because 
of  that  dishonor  that  will  thereby  come  to  God  by 
your  failure  ;  but  if  you  make  no  great    matter  of 


it,  I  shall  make  myself  bound  to  make  use  of  that 
help  which  God  and  the  country  have  provided  for 
my  indemnity.  Sir,  I  told  you  I  was  willing  to 
remit  the  great  advantage  that  protested  bills  of 
exchange,  would,  in  the  way  of  law  allow  unto 
me,  and  be  content  with  six  in  the  hundred  for 
the  forbearance  of  my  money  ;  whereas  had  you 
performed  your  covenant  tome,  I  had  made  thirty 
pounds  on  the  hundred,  which  is  to  me  a  very 
considerable  loss.  Sir,  your  personal  debt  due 
unto  me.  (besides  Mr.  John  Hubbard's  obliga- 
tion,) is  three  hundred  forty  seven  pounds  five 
shillings,  which  if  you  will  please  to  render  in  un- 
to me,  or  any  considerable  part  thereof,  speedily, 
in  money,  and  give  me  bond  with  good  personal 
security  for  the  rest,  to  pay  me  in  some  reasonable 
time,  and  five  pounds  in  the  hundred  for  the  for- 
bearance, truly  and  justly  paid  to  me  every  six 
months,  and  until  it  be  paid,  and  as  you  shall  les- 
sen the  principle,  so  I  to  abate  on  the  interest.  I 
will  yet  set  down  contented,  though  it  be  much 
to  my  damage.  But  if  you  do  not  this,  or  some 
other  thing  that  is  hone-t,  just,  and  rational,  I 
think  you  may  expect  to  be  called  to  our  next 
county  court,  which  1  think  is  the  last  Tuesday 
in  April  next;  and  I  suppose.  £Sir,  you  cannot 
but  hold  me  excused  as  doing  nothing  but  what 
yoursell  do  force  me  unto.  In  the  meanwhile  I 
wait  to  see  what  you  will  please  to  do,  and  re- 
main your  loving  friend,  John  Hull. 

From  Ipswich  Records,  1697-8.  At  a  meeting 
of  ye  Inhabitants  of  Ipswich,  March  24,  1697-8. 
To  the  Selectmen  of  Ipswich  :  please  to  take  out 
of  my  yearly  salary  for  ye  space  of  Three  years  : 
Twenty  pounds  mony,  and  there  with  satisfy  ye 
bond  the  executors  of  ve   last    will   of  Mr.    4ron 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     AUGUST,     1881, 


Pingry  dec'd,  have  in  their  hands:  from  under 
my  bands.  In  so  doing  shall  be  acknowledged 
..v  accepted.  W n.1.1  vm   Hi  bb  ird. 

The  above  is  a  true  Coppy  of  Mr.  Hubberds 
order.  I-'i;  m<  is    Wainwrigh  r.   ( !lr. 

ditto  diem.  Voted  upon  Mr  Hubberd9  order 
about  that  the  town  will  paj  ad  executors  ye'sum 
pf  Twenty  pound  vearly  for  ye  space  of  Three 
years  next  out  of  his  salary,  if  ad  Mr.  Hubberd 
lire,  uutl  in  case  of  his  decease  ye  Town  will  pay 
what  shall  Remain  due  (att  his  decease)  of  ye  sd 
sum  iii  nionc\  . 

Aug  -M  .  1  7i»  1 .  Voted  That  What  Money  or 
pay  Dea  Nath'l  Know  1  ton,  Threasurer,  shall  of 
necessity  advance  for  3-e  maintenance  of  ye  Rev. 
Mr.  Hubbard  shall  be  re-Imbursed  out  of  ye 
Tow ne  Mock  againe. 

Oct.  26,  L704.  Voted.  Thai  ye  £20  Due  to  ye 
Town  Treasurer  for  ye  sale  of  ye  (  Hd  Meeting 
bouse  notwithstanding  any  former  Vote  ye  sd 
Treasurer  shall  pa\  ye  sil  £20  towards  the  defray- 
ing Mr  Hubbards  ffunerall. 

Voted,  Thai  ye  Comittee  Impoured  for  looking 
after  encroachings  and  sellings  of  lands  pay  to 
Majr  YVainwright  £12  which  he  Sent  ye  'Town 
towards   Mr   llulihatd   ffunerall. 

.w  -to 

March  16,  1707  Received  £20  which  ye  town 
was  Obliged  to  pay  unto  nice  in  behalfe  of  ye 
Revd  William  Hubbard.  I  say  Received  p  mee 
— John    Penary. 


1670,  5thi  6th.  A  barn  at  Ipswidge  burnt 
down  with  lightning  full  of  corn  and    bay.  —  Hull. 

Another  record  calls  it  the  "barn  of Edw. 

Allin  It  bad  16  loads  of  barlej  new)}  carried 
thereinto." 


1671.  5th,  6th.     A  man  at    Ipswich    repeating 

a  Bermon,  and  because  it  was  darkish,  st 1  at    a 

dooi  or  window  as  a    flash  of   lightning   -tunnel 

him.  but  no  hurt.       His  l'.ihlc  being  under  LllS  arm 

the  whole  book  of  Revelation  was  carried  away, 
and  the  other  parts  oflhe  Bible  left  untouched. — 
Hull's  Diary 

,M  r.  Hubbard  tells  the  3tory  thus  ;  The  bouse  of 
Sergeant  Perkins  in  Ipswich  was  -mitten  with 
lightning,  while  many  were  rnei  together  at  the 
repetion  of  the  sermon  that  day  preached,  it  being 
Lord's  Day ;  (Maj  18,  1671.)  Several  breai 
wen'  made  in  the  timber  work,  and  some  persons 
were  -truck  down  therewith,  vet  came  to  life 
again.  Sergeant  Perkins  himself,  had  his  waist- 
coat pierced  with  man}  holes  like  goose  shot,  vet 
bad  no  other  considerable  harm  only  beaten  down 
as  if  he  had  been  dead  for  the  pres 

Jonathan  Plummet1,  poet  of  Lord  Timothy  Dex- 
ter, frequently  made  rhymes  for  Ipswich  people 
when  be  was  in  town.  Dr.  Calef  who  lived  near 
the  South  Church,  and  who  had  many  children. 
me  day  beseiged  the  poet  for  a  couplet.  The 
poel  was  not  amiable  at  the  time,  or  inclined  to 
rhyme  ;  neitl  er  did  be  like  the  Dr.  But  after 
repeated  solicitations  be  belched  forth  before    the 

C<  mipauv  :  — 

1  doctor   (ale!  — wile    of  thine 

Fruitful  as  a   Pumkin  Vine 

( )|d  people  in  telling  the  storj  would  say  ot  the 
I  >i    :     -Mint  him  up  :  he  nevei  asked    Plummet  to 

make  an\    more  rn\  me-." 

I.t.    Nathan    I'.urnhain.     Lt.     Stephen      Lou    of 

Chebacco  Parish,  were  slain  July  tf,  1758  att    the 
Battle  att  Tyconderoga,     T        R    -'*'/- 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS,     AUGUST,     1881. 


The  Hodgkins  Letters. 
Continued  from  the  July   number. 

Whal  pool,' [Walpole,]  Apr.  ye  2,  1776.  I 
just  got  to  Cambridge  as  the  Reg't  marcbd,  &  we 
marched  about  ten  miles.  Then  we  Put  op  and 
got  a  good  Lodging,  and  I  judge  we  have  marched 
15  miles  to  Day.  It  is  now  about  three  o'clock. 
We  have  got  to  march  six  miles  to  night  and  to 
morrow  we  shall  get  to  Providence  where  we  ex- 
pect to  Receive  orders  where  to  go  Next  It  is 
unsarting  where'we  shall  go,  we  may  go  to  New- 
porte.'^But  if  the  enemy  are  not  there  we  expect 
togo'to  Norrige.  But  I  must  conclude,  for  we 
are  about  to  get  us  a  mouthfull  of  Vettles,  and 
then  we  must  be  upon  the  march. 

Providence,  April  ye  4,  177G.  Loveiug  wife: 
I  must  Just  Let  you  know  how  we  got  along :  we 
got  to  Providence  a  wensday  in  the  after  noon, 
but  we  got  Prety  whate  for  it  Rained  Verry  fast ; 
but  when  we  got  hear  we  had  good  houses  Pro- 
vided for  both  men  and  officers,  and  it  is  a  very 
Pleasant  Town  ;  but  we  Expect  to  Leave  it  on 
Sotarday  Morning,  and  march  for  Norrige:  and 
we  expect  to  go  from  there  to  New  York. 

My  Dear,  I  would  not  have  vou  make  yourself 
uneasy  about  me,  for  marching  Dos  not  worry  me 
so  much  as  I  expected  :  and  I  hope  Providence 
will  Provide  for  us  and  Carry  us  through  all  the 
Trebles  we  have  to  meet  with  in  the  way  of  Duty, 
and  while  we  are  absent  from  each  other. 

my  Dear,  I  wrote  the  above  Least  Night,  and 
now  it  is  Friday  :  this  Fournoon  our  Regiment  & 
Colol  Hitchcocks  Regt  have  ben  undir  arraes  to 
Receive  General  Washington  into  Town,  which 
was  Done  with  a  great  Deal  of  Pleasuer  and  Hon- 


nor  to  Boeth  general  and  officers,   we  shall  March 

to  morrow  morning  for  Norrige  where4we[ Expect 

Rest  a  fue  Days  and  then  I  Sopose  we  shall  go  to 

Newyork  by  Wharter. 

[Joseph  Hodgkins   was   in    Col.    Little's    Reg. 
12th  Mass.     At  the  Reception  of  Washington  re 
ferred  to  in  the  above  letter,  Little  gave   the    fol- 
lowing very  sensible  Order  to  his  men  :] 

Providence.  April  4,  177G.  Col.  Hitchcock's 
and  Col.  Little'sr  egiment's  are  to  turn  out  to-mor- 
row morning  to  escort  his  Excellency  into  town, 
to  parade  at  eight  o'clock,  both  officers  and  men 
dressed  in  uniform  ;  and  none  to  turn  out  except 
those  dressed  in  uniform  ;  and  those  of  the  non 
commissioned  officers  and  soldiers  that  turn  out 
to  be  washed  both  face  and  hands,  clean,  their 
beards  shaved,  their  hair  combed  and  powdered, 
and  their  arms  cleaned.  The  General  [Greene,] 
hopes  that  both  officers  and  soldiers  will  exert 
themselves  for  the  honor  of  the  Regiment  and 
Brigade  to  which  they  belong.  He  wishes  to  pay 
the  honors  to  the  Commander-in-Chief  in  as  de- 
cent and  respectable  manner  as  possible. 
(To  be  continued.) 


Here  is  interred 

the  Body  of 
Mr  Francis  Holms 

who  departed 
This    Life    May 

12th  1758 

in  the   53    Year 

of  his  Age. 


(He  was  a  Doctor,  and  lived  in  the  ancient 
house  corner  of  Main  and  Summer  street.  Sum- 
mer street  was  once  called  Annable's  Lane.) 


Arthur    W.  Dowe,    Ipswich,     Mass.     Box   lt>7. 


Antiquarian  papers. 


VOL.     II 


IPSWICH,      MASS.,     SEPTEMBER,     1881, 


XXIII. 


Seal  of  Robert  rats.  1665 
Roberl  Pitts  died  in  Ipswich,  May  9,  1665. 
Hi-,  name  appears  on  Salisbury  records,  1 » '» 1  <»-."> ^? . 
His  later  years  were  passed  in  Ipswich.  His 
widow,  Grace  Fitts,  died  April  25,  1684.  His 
Bon  Abraham  removed  from  Salisbury  to  [pswich, 
:iinl  owned  lauds  in  the  vicinity  of  the  residences 
of  Mr  Ephraim  Fellows  and  Mr.  Burnham.  His 
descendants  still  reside  in  town,  though  not  in 
name  The  above  seal  wa  3  cul  in  wood  by  A. 
W.  Howe,  from  a  drawing  by  Mr.  Hammatt. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths. 


I  : 


(. 


ancis   Jordan    and  .lane    Wilson    married    the 
6  (9)    1635,  their  children  : 

Sai all.  borne  Sepl  !  .  1 63o 

Hannah,  1  l  March,  U 

Mary,  April   1 .   1639,  dyed  August  1639 

Mary,  Max   16.  1641 

Lidea,  February  l  l .  16  13- 1 

I  Deborah,  I  December  1 .  16  16. 
iorge    Farough    and    Ann     Whitman     married 
16,   (ll,)    L643-4.    Their  children  : 

.Mai  \ ,  borne  June  6,  1644 

Martha,    February  25,  1 6  K'>-7 

Hepseby,  Ma\  17.  IG 


Thomas    Stace   and    Susanna    Wooster,  married 
l.  (8,)  1653.     Their  children: 

Thomas,  borne  6  July,  165  l 

William.  21  April,  1 656 

Rebecca,  7  Dec.  1 657 

Elisabeth,  16  April,  1659 

Joseph    27  June,  1 660 

Mary,  November  7.  1 661 
Thomas    Harris  and    Martha    Lake     married    15 
November,    Hi  1 7.     Their  children: 

Thomas,  borne  August  8,  1648 

Martha.  January  8,  1650 

John,  .January  7,  L652 

Elisabeth,  February  8,  L654 

Margaret,  August  6,  1657 

Mary,  last  of  January,  1659 

William.  December  2,  1<'A>1 
John  Brewer  and  Mary  Whitman  married  23  (8) 
Hi  17.     Their   children  : 

Mary,  borne  September  23,  I  6  18 

John,  October  6,  1653 

s.ara.  March  27.   1658 
Thomas  TreadwelFs  children  : 

Mary,  borne  29  September,  1636 

Nathaniel.  March   13,  1637-8 

Hester,  Maid.  21,  1640-1 

Martha.    March   16,    1642-3 

BIRTHS— 1657. 
Margarett,  daughter  of  Thomas   Harris,    borne 

6  August,  1657. 
Rebeacha,  daugh :  of  rhomas  Stace,  borne   7  of 

December,  1 657 
Roger,  sonn  of  Danell  Ringe,  b.  1 9th  June,  1657. 
-v,  ah,    Daught :    of   Abraham    ffltt,  borne  21  of 

February,  1657. 
Dainell  sou  Cornelious  Waldo,  Nome  19  Aug.  '57 
Rath,  dauehl  of  Thomas  Burnam  borne  1  July'57 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     SEPT.     1881, 


Prisilla,  Daughter  of  Mr.  John    Appleton,  borne 

the  25  of  dec.  1657, 
Nathaniell,  son  of  Ezekiell    Cheever,    borne  the 

23  June,  1657, 
Dinah,  daughter  of  Job  Bishop,  borne  the   19    of 

June.,   1657 
Alexander,  son  Thomas  Lovell,  borne  the   29    of 

May,  1657 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Morse,  borne  the   29 

March,  1657 
Mary,    Daught.   of  Thomas    Willson,    borne    the 

27  Decemb.  1657 
Robert,  sonn  of  Robert  Lord,  jun'r,  borne    26    of 

December,  1657. 
Joseph,  sonn  of  John  Warner,    borne    the  15    of 

Agust,  1657. 
Thomas,  sonn  of  John  ffrench,    borne    the   23    of 

May,  1657 
Martha,  Daughter  of  Allen  Perley,    borne    there- 
about 20  Aprill,  1657 
Haniell,  son  of  Alexander  Knight,    borne  the    16 

of  October,  1657 
Sarah,  Daught.  of  William  ffellows.   borne  the  26 

of  July,  1657. 
Johnson,  son  of  Robert  Pearce,  borne  the   23    of 

May,  1627 
William,  sonn  of  William  Buckley,  borne  the  8  of 

december,  1657 
Anna,  daughter  of  William    Coggswell  borne    the 

5  of  January,  1657 
Andrew,  sonn  of  Gyles  Birdley,    borne  the   5  of 

September,  1657 
John,  the  sonn  of  John  Whipple,  jun'r,  borne  the 

15  of  July,  1657 
Hananiell,  son  of  Daniel    Hovey,    borne   the    20 

of  March,  1657 
Samuel,  sonn  of  Samuel   Hunt,  borne   the    17  of 

November,  1657 
John,  sonn  of  Daniell  Davison,  borne  Oct.  1657. 
Mary,  Daughter  of  Robert  Kinsman  borne  the  21 

Decemb.  1657 
Eliezer,  son  of  Mr.  Thomas   Cobbitt,    borne    the 

27  of  November,   1657 


John,  son  of  John  Kimball,  borne  the  <S    of  Nov- 
ember, 1657 

Bennoy,  son  of  Sarah  Jordan,    Borne    the   24  of 
decemb:   1657 

Sarah,  daught.  of  Isaiah  Wood,  borne  the   begin- 
ning year,   1657. 

Rachell,  daughter  Symou    Tompson,   borne    7   of 
March,  1657 

Mary,  dau  :  Thomas  Scott,  borne   the  24    March. 

Mary,  Daughter  of  John  Prockter  the  1  of  Janu- 
ary,  1657 

Nathaniell,  son  of  Nathaniell  Emerson,  borne    16 
August,  1657 

Ruth,  daugh  :  ot'Samuell  Ingalls,  borne  the    19th 
of  November,  1657 

William,  sonn  of  Mr.  Richard   Dinner,    borne    28 
May,  1657 

DEATHS  —1657 

Joane,  wife  of  Humphrey    Vincent,  dved    the    17 
July,  1657 

Ruth,  wife  of  Thomas  Burnham,  dyed   the  30  of 
July,  1657 

Nathaniel,  son  of  Ezekiell  Cheever,   dyed    the   12 
of  July,  1657 

Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Shattswell,  dyed  Sep- 
tember, 1657 

John  Robinson,  dyed  the  first  of  March,  1657. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bixbye,  dyed  the  18  of 
January,  1657 

Thomas  Rose,  dyed  the  26  of  August,  1657 

Humphrey  Gilbert,  dyed  the  13  of  February  1657 

John,  sonn  of  Daniell    Davison,  dyed    the    22   of 
Novemb  :  16rw 

John,  son  of  John  Kimball,  dyed  the  24    feb  :  '57 

Beno}',  sonn    of  Sarah  Jordan,   dyed   the   23    of 
fcbruary,  1657 

Thomas,  sonn  of  Isaiah  Wood,  died  about  Aprill, 
1657 

Sarah,   daughter  of  Isaiah   Wood,  dyed    the   24 
feb:   1657 

Thomas  Scott,  dyed  the  6  of  September,  1657 

Mary,  dau  :  John  Prockter,  dyed  february,  1657. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     SEPT.     1881. 


MARRIAGES       1657. 
Mr    Sam  -    i-  and  Juditb    Appleiou,    n 

ried  24  deeeinber,  1  (557 
Daniell  Davison  and    Margretl   Low    maried    the 

8  of  Aprill,  1657 
Thomas  Averill  and  (Frances  I  ollings,    married    8 

ofdecemb.    1657 
Nicholas  Wallis   and   Sarah    Bradstreet,    married 

the  13  Aprill,  1657 
Shore:  Wilson  and  Abigaill  Osgood,  married  the 

nth  September,  H'>">7 
Nathaniell  Mastersonn   and   Elizabeth   Coggswell 

married  the  31  of  July,  1 657 
John  Paine  and  Elizabeth  Burr  maried    the    21   of 

September,  l  657 

an  (  Ruth  Baton  maryed    the    9  of 

decemb  :    1656. 


Hodgkins    Letters. 

( '    ,.  in  •/■ '/.  i 

New  London,  April  ye  I".  1776.  Loving  Wife: 
We  g  >t  to  Norwich  on  Monday,  ye  8  inst  and  a 
Tusday  we  marched  to  this  town,  and  we  Expect 
in  Embark  for  New  York  to-morrow,  if  we  have  a 
wind,  and  when  we  gel  there  I  hope  we  shall  have 
I;  isi  :  for  I  am  a  ^oo  1  deal  tired  of  march- 
ing, though  we  gel  Very  good  entertainment  in 
general,  i  '•  ■  i  »lt  •  :n  v  \  er\  kind  to  us  it:  the  ( !on- 
Bul  where  :  30  many   Pasing,    it    is 

riclicelt  to  get  thin.  shonld    chuse.     Whal 

our  Heel  bas  done,  that  yon  will  get  in    the    Print 
before  \ ou  w  ill  get  this. 

New   York,  April  ye  24.  1776.      1  would  just  in- 
forme  you  how  we  got    along    on    our    wa}    from 
N    vdondon.      We    saled   from    there  on   Sunday 
ling  the  II     Day,   ainl    the    next    Sunday    we 
But  we  had  a    very  Pleasant    I 
(.bough  it  was  Lonj       W     wbare  in   Beveral    bar- 
bers and  we --aw  several   pleasant    Towns      Nc^ 
heaven    is  a    verry  1 1 1 << •   place      Bui   I  think  this 
York,  exceeds  all  plases  that  ever    I    Baw   on 
accoumpl  =i.     But  il  Liv- 


ing beer,  and  eo  it  lias  ben  ever  sine  we  first. 
inarched.  I  belevu  I  pade  for  even  meal  I  aet 
through  the  whole  march.  But  I  don't  mean  to 
lay  that  i<>  hart  :  if  we  do  but  accomplish  the 
I  desire  we  are  aiming  at,  that  will  be  ever}'- 
thing 

As  for  News  I  hardly  know  what  to  write,  on- 
ly that  there  is  no  ships  nor  Troops  hear  of  our 
enemys,  and  it  do-nut  apear  to  me  we  shall  Btay 
hear  agrate  wile.  But  whare  we  shall  u<>  next  I 
now  not.  But  thare  is  a  Reporte  that  we  shall 
o  longisland,   which  I    wish  may  be  the  case. 

Thomas  is  well,  sends  his  love  to  you    and    all 

his  friends.      I  would   inform  yon    that    the    Post 

that  carres  this  lett<  r.  is  to  go  a-  fai  as   Newbury 

Port,  and  will  call  at  Capt     Dodges   as    be  comes 

.  to  tak  letters  for  an\   bodj  that  is  a  mind    to 

Send. 

May  ye  9.  1  have  bad  two  bad  boyles  on  mv 
right  arm,  one  oi  them  is  not  brock  yet,  and  it  is 
very  painfull.  I  have  not  wore  a  coat  for  this 
six  days,  except  a  grateCoate  But  I  hope  they 
will  leavs  me  in  good  health,  as  people  Bay  they 
are  holsome  but  not  tooth-some. 

Several  men  came  here  this  weefc  that  left  Ips- 
wich   three    weak--    alter  I    did  :     but    I    have    not 

heard  anything  from  yon  since  I  left   h e,    only 

Capt.  Wade's  mother  sent  word  in  his    letter  that 
you    wbare  got  r  ( 'hapman'? 

We  came  over  to  this  Island  the  second  da}'  of 
May  and  Pitched  our  lent- .  but  the  weather  being 
cool  and  the  Tents  being  vern  bad,  we  g< 
Room  to  live  in  till  the  weather  grew  warmer.  It 
whas  the  orders  that  no  officer  should  lodge  out 
of  the  camp  ;  but  the  tent  being  so  verj  thin,  the 
General  consented  that  wc  should  for  a  few  days, 

lill     there    could    lie  some    boards   got    to    rais  the 

tents  and  lay  floors  in  i  bem. 

I  mi\  thing  is  excessive  Dear.  .Nine  shilling 
Lawful!  money  a  gallon  for  Bum  and  ever}  thing 
in  Perportion 

Give  mv  duty  to  father  and   mother,    to   sislei 

hannah  in  1  Vrt  icnlcr 


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The  Coat  Money. 


Prospect  Hill,  Dec.  29,  1775.  Rec'd  of 
Capt.  Abraham  Dodge  the  Sum  of  Twenty  five 
Shillings  for  my  Coat  money,  Each  of  us  whose 
names  are  hear  under  Sined  who  Belongs  to  sd 
Dodges  Company  in  th  Contintial  armey  : 


Jacob  Goodhue,  jun. 
David  Low 
William  Story 
Jonathan    Story 
John  Lakeman 
Robert  Stalker 
Will'm   B'arley 
John    Andrews 
Zebelen  Lane 
Joshua  Andrews 
Aaron   Eveleth 
William    Smith 
James  Andrews 
Jacob  Davis 
Daniel  Andrews 
Necolous    badcock 
Silvanus  Colbey 
Stephen  Colman 
William  Mansfield' 
Abraham  Jones 
Elijah  Luis 
John    Hodgkins 
John  Stanford 
Benjamin   Andrews 
Benjamin  Burnam 
Seth    Story 
Joseph  Burnham 
Robert   Newman 
Thomas  Eraerton 
Jacob  Andrews 
Thomas  Foster 
Francis  Burnham 
Ebenezer   Burnham 
John  Cogswell 
Peter  pennitan 
Amos  Burnham 


George  Pierce 
Andrew  Story 
Stephen  Hodgkins 
Jeremiah  White 
Benjamin  White 
William    Baker 
Daniel  Goodhue 
Abram    Perkins 
Samuel  Beal 
William  Burnam 
Moses  Burnham 
Benjamin  Swett 
Solomon  Colmon 
James  Lord  the  4 
John  Goodsmith 
Jonathan  Wells 
Joseph    Story 
Thomas  Davis 
Adam  Ross 
Timothy   Ross 
Moses  Kimbell 
Thomas  Caldwell 
Eben   Burnam 
Isaac  Smith 
Moses    Hodgkins 
Samuel  Ross 
David  Ross 
Richard   Pulsifer 
Aaron  Craft 
Joseph  Perkins 
Amos  Heard 
John  How  Boardman 
Moses  Binder 
William  Low 
Mark  Numan 
Nehemiah.  Cleaveland 


Additional  names    later  date. 


Elias  Wait 
Stephen  Kent 
Ebenezer  Symrnes 


Jonathan  Choate 
Benja  :   George 


'  President  Rogers'  Grave. 

The  inscription  on  the  tombstone  of  President 
John  Rogers,  at  Cambridge  : 

"  To  this  mound  of  earth  is  committed  a  treas- 
ury of  benevolence,  a  storehouse  of  theologic 
learning,  a  library  of  the  choicest  literature,  a 
living  system  of  medicine,  an  embodiment  of  in- 
tegrity, a  repository  of  faith,  a  pattern  of  chris- 
tian sympathy,  a  garner  of  all  virtues,  in  other 
words  :  the  mortal  remains  of  the  Very  Reverend 
John  Rogers,  son  of  the  Very  Learned  Nathaniel 
Rogers  of  Ipswich  in  New  England,  grandson  of 
Mr.  Rogers  of  Dedham  in  Old  England,  whose 
name  is  illustrious  throughout  the  world.  He 
was  a  favorite  and  deservedly  admired  President 
of  Harvard  College.  His  immortal  part  was 
borne  away  from  us  July  the  20th,  A.  D.  1G84. 

His  very  dust  is  dear, 
'Tis  all  we   have  " 

After  the  death  of  President  Rogers,  his  widow 
came  back  to  Ipswich  to  live.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Gen.  Denison,  and  lies  buried  near  him. — 
Her  gravestone  is  inscribed  : 

Here  Lyes  Interred 

ye  Bodv   of  Mrs.  Eliza 

Beth  Rogers,  Relict 

of  Mr.  John  Rogers, 

(sometime)    President 

of  Harvard  Colledge, 

and   Daughter   of  Major 

General  Daniel  Denison 

of  Ipswich,  who  Dec'd  July 

the  13th,   1723,  in  ye  82nd  year 

of  her  age. 


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XXIV. 


Miss  Eunice  Jones,  born   1793,  died  1825. 

From  her  Joarnal.  "July  12,  1*17.  This 
Iprning,  about  nine  o'clock,  the  President  of  the 
nited  States,  Monroe,]  passed  through  Ips- 
Ich.  He  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse  of 
Bople ;  they  paid  him  all  the  honor  possible, 
he  gentlemen  and  ladies  of  the  town  decorated 
u r  street  and  bridge,  beautifully,  with  trees  arid 
pwers.  An  arbor  of  pine  trees  was  erected  :it 
he  entrance  of  the  bridge  ;  over  the  bridge  was  an 
reh  of  woodwork,     completely     covered     with 

Tenths  and  Mowers.       The    ladies     were    engaged 
wo  weeks  in  preparing   these  wreathes.      As    the 

resident  approached  and  passed  over  the  bridge, 
band,  concealed  from  si._rht  in  the  arbor,  played 
pon  their  instruments  melodiously.  The  chil- 
renofthe  town  were  dressed  in  uniform,  and 
|ood  each  side  of  the  green  at   Dr.  Dana's   meet* 


iug  house.     All  ranks  and  ages   followed  bim   as 

he  passed   along. 

An  elegant  horse  was  otfered  for  his  use  in 
town,  by  Mr.  ('.  and  Mr.  B.  The  training  com- 
panies paraded,  and  escorted  him  to  the  Hotel, 
where  he  took  breakfast ;  and  then  stepped  into 
his  carriage  and  left  town." 

[Will  some  one  give  us    more  reminiscences  of 

this  gala-morning  in  Ipswich,  Q4  years  ago?    who 
were  .Messrs  ('.  and  Ii.  ?] 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  2. 

BIRTHS.— 1658. 

Sarah,  (laughter  of  John   Brewer,    borne   the    27 

March,  L658. 
Abigaill,  daught  of  Robert  Roberts,  27  March.  '58 
Nalhanell,  son  of  Thomas    Lovell,   borne  the    28 

March,  L658. 
William,  son  of  William  Whitred,  borne  the  31  of 

March,  1658. 
Sarah,    daught    of  John    Caldwell,     borne    2   of 

Aprill,  L658. 
Hester   Codings,     daught   of     Robert     Colli ngs, 

borne  1*  of  Aprill.  1658. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Jacob  Perkings,   borne    II    of 

May.  L658. 
Symon,  sonn  of  Daniell  Warner,    borne  the   6  of 

June,   L658. 
Kathren  Steward,   daught    of    Duncan    Stewarlt. 

borne  8  dune,  1 658. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mettcalfe,    borne  the 

•_'.;  of. lime.   1  658. 
Nathaniell.  sunn  of    Nathaniel    Piper,    borne    the 
25  of  .1  line.    1  658. 

Nathaniell,  sonn  of  John    Knowlton,   borne   the 
29  of  June,  1658. 

s:uah.  datl.   Nicolas  Wallis.  home  'J  I  duly.    1658. 


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James,  sonn  ofRichard  Nicolls,   borne  the   2.r>   of 

Jul}-,  1658. 
Samuell,  son  of  Samuell  Graves,    borne   the    5th 

August,  1G58. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Shattswell,  borne  the 

•  19  of  August,  1658. 
Judith,  daughter  of  Jerimiah  Belcher,    borne    the 

19  of  August,  1658. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Pindar,  borne  the  16 

of  August,  1658. 
Tho  :  sonn  uf  Ezekiell  Cheever,  borne  the    23    of 

August,  1658. 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burnham,    borne    the 

23  of  August,  1658. 

Mordicha,  son  of  Mordicah  Larckum,  borne  16  of 

September,  1658. 
William,  son  of  William  Gutterson,  borne  the    20 

of  September,  1658 
Margrett,  daughter  of  Daniell  Davison,  borne  the 

24  of  Sept,  1658. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Smith,  borne  the  28  of 

October,  1658. 
Joseph,  son  of  William  Lampson,  borne  in    Octo- 
ber, 1658. 
Joseph,  sonn  of  John  Annable,    borne   the    2    of 

October,  1658 
John,  son  of  Thomas  Waite,   borne    the   11th   of 

December,  1658. 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Kimball,  borne  the    10th 

of  December,  1658. 
Mathew,  sonnc  of  Mathew  Whipple,  borne  the  20 

of  December,  165s. 
Deborah,  daughter  of  Edward   Bragg,    borne    the 

22  of  December,  1658. 
Jonathan,  sonn  of  I saack  ffoster,    borne    the    9th 

of January,  1658. 
Martha,  daughter  of  ffrancis    Wainwright,    borne 

the  24  of  Jauuary,  1658. 
Edward,  sonn  of  John   Ayres,   borne   the    12    of 

february,  1658. 
Martha,  daughter  of  Cornelious  Waldo,  borne  27 

february,  1658 


Noe  name  child  of  John  ffreneh,  borne  &  dyed  the 
27  of  february,  1658. 

James  and  Mary,  children  of  Will :  Lambert,  b. 
the  11  of  March,  1658. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniell  Emerson,  borne  15 
March,  1658. 

John,  son'Ralfe  Dix,  borne  the   12   March,  1658. 

Ezra,  sonn  of  Edw.  Colborne,  borne  1  Mch.  1658 

Ralfe,  sonn  of  Robert  Cross,  borne  the  15  feb- 
ruary, 1658. 

James,  sonn'of  Mary  Sheffield,  borne  5  of  Dec- 
ember, 1658. 


Tutor  Fiynt  in  ipswich.— 1754. 

Tutor  Flynt,  of  Harvard  College,  went  from 
Cambridge  to  Portsmouth  and  back,  in  1754.  He 
was  then  eighty  yours  old.  He  was  accompanied 
by  David  Sewall,  an  undergraduate,  who  made 
notes  of  the  journey.  The  two  pilgrims  passed 
a  night  in  Ipswich,  on  their  return,  at  the  home 
of  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  and  Mrs.  Mary  [Leverett] 
Rogers,  now  known  as  the  residence  of  the  late 
Nathaniel  Lord,  Esq.     Sewall   writes  : — 

k'  We  passed  on  through  Newbury  and  Rowley 
without  calling  upon  the  minister  of  either  places, 
and  reached  Ipswich  towards  evening  ;  where  we 
stopped  at  the  dwelling  of  Mr.  Rogers,  the  cler- 
gyman of  the  old  parish,  who  seemed  much 
pleased  with  the  visit,  and  introduced  his  wife, 
(who,  I  understood  was  a  daughter  of  President 
Leverett;)  when  Mr.  Flynt  accosted  the  Lady, 
"jMadam,  I  must  buss*  you,"  andjgave^her  f'a 
hearty  kiss.  We  enjoyed  asocial  evening;  and 
upon  his  being  asked  some  questions  about  ihe 
scholars,  related  the  following  anecdote:  tkOne 
morning  my  class  were  reciting  and  stood  quite 
around  me,  and  one  or  two  rather  at  my  back, 
where  was  a  table  on  which  lay  a  keg  of  wine  I 
had  the  day  before  bought  at  Boston  ;  and  one  of 
the  blades  took  the  keg  and  drank  out  of  the 
bung.     A  looking  glass  was  right  before  me,  so  1 


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could  plainly  sw  what  was  doing  behind  inf.  I 
thought  I  would  not  disturb  him  while  drinking  ; 
hut  as  soon  as  he  hail  done  I  turned  round  and 
told  him  he  ougbl  to  have  had  the  manners  to 
have  drank  to  somebody,"  And  this  was  all  the 
reprimand  made  on  the  occasion. 

We  again  Blept  in  the  same  bed  together.  In 
Hie  morning  1  rose  before  him.  and  he  slept  on 
intil  breakfa8t  time,  when  I  went  up  stair-  In  ac- 
piaint  him  til"  it.  We  had  toast  and  tea.  lie 
kvas    interrogated     by   Mrs.    Rogers    whether  he 

■OUld     have    the    tea    Strong    or    weak,    that     she 

light  accommodate  it  to  his  liking.  IK'  replied. 
ic  liked  it  strong  of  the  tea.  strong  of  the  sugar, 
ind  strong  of  the  cream;  and  it  was  regulated 
Bcordingly.    Breakfast  being  over,  we  departed." 

It  i-.    said    tha     Mrs.   Rogers    had    a   beautiful 

)ortiail  of  her  father,  which  is  now  upon  the 
■alls  of  the  Essex  Institute. 

I  lere  Lyes  ye  Body  of  Mrs. 

Mary  Rogers,   ve   Excellent 

i  "ii-ort  to  ye    Rev'd    Mr.   Nathaniel 

R  igers,  and   Daug'r  of  the  Hon'bl 

and   Rev'd  Mr    John   Leverett.   Ksi| 

who  died  June  ye  25th,   17."«7,  Jdatis  55. 

John  si,  25.  Jesus  said  unto  her  I 
am  the  Resurrection  &  ye  life:  he  thai 
believeth  on  me  tho  he  were  Dead,  yet 

shall    he    live. 


Paine.  Hon.  Allien  W.  Paine,  of  Bangor, 
fe.  has  written  a  history  ami  Genealogy  of  the 
'aim Ipswich  Branch.  The  Ipswich  Gram- 
kr  School  boys  have,  heard  of  Robert  and  Wil- 
am  Paine.,  who  were  the  principal  founders  of 
lie  School  which  helped  greatly  to   give  promin- 

iice    and    character    to    earls     Ipswich.      Robert 

line  and  Mr.  Hubbard,  the  historian,  gave  the 
imls  on  which  the  bouse  and  school  room  Eze- 
iel  ( 'In  c\ er  occupied  were,  ami  where  the 
lenisons,  Rogers',  Bradstreets,    ami    other  boys 


of  that  and  later  times  were  taught.     These  lands 

are  now  occupied  by  the   old     school     house,     now 

Mr  Tilton's  barn,  b)  the  Cogswell  School    House, 

and  a  part   is  incorporated  into    the  estate    of  .Mi-. 

Eben  Caldwell. 

William  Paine  gave  the  Neck,  to  lie  a  perpetual 
aid  in  support  of  the  School. 

Mr.  Greenwood  now  owns  and  occupies  the 
original  RobertPaine  farm;  and  has  the  ancient 
sword  which  Robert  brought  from  England,  and 
bore  in  military  duty.  William  Panic's  farm  was 
at  Argilla.     His  town-house  was  on  High    street. 

We  judge  the  Paine  volume  will  (ind  interested 
readers  in  our  ancient  town — especially  among 
those  who  have  shared  the  benefits  of  the  worthy 
old  School.  Semi  to  Hon.  A.  W.  Paine.  I'm  a 
copy. 


When  Washington  died  in  L799,  the  women  of 
Ipswich  wore  the  initials  G.  W.  on  white  rib- 
bon, pinned  to  the  left  sleeve.  The  badge  was 
worn  a  month. 


Hill.     John  Lee  of  Ipswich,   was    accused  ol' 

stealing  the    widow   Hatfield's    Bible.      He   was 

"tried  and  found  guilty — and  as  a  penalty  paid  the 

widow  15  shilling  for  her  Bible,  and  ten    shillings 

line  lor  lying  about  it. 

J/ay,  1776.  .lames  Holland,  a  filer  in  (apt. 
Dodge's  Company  is  appointed  fife  major  to  this 
( 1  L'th  )  Regiment,  and  is  to  be  obeyed  as  such. 

Henry  Kingsbury,  Ipswich,  horn  about  1615, 
wife  Susanna. 

1681,  •'».  l<»  Agreed  with  Richard  Kimball  of 
Bradford,  for  his  keeping  and  providing  for  his 
grandfather,  Thomas  Smith,  for  the  year  ensuing, 
£13. 

L654.  Daniel  Rolfe  mentions  father  Hum- 
phrey Bradstreet. 


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Hodgkins   Letters. 
( Continued. ) 

New  York,  May  ye  22,  1776.  There  is  grate 
Reason  to  think  we  shall  have  our  hands  full  soon 
for  there  is,  I  beleve,  by  general  order  a  concid- 
erable;  Nournber  of  troops  expected  hear  very 
soon.  Our  men  are  on  fatague  about  all  the 
time,  but  they  are  very  healthy  in  general.  Our 
company  are  all  well,  except  one,  and  he  is  not 
bad. 

But  I  milst  just  inform  you  of  our  situation  on 
the  Island.  The  Farry  from  York  is  about  a  mile 
whide,  and  we  are  incampt  about  a  milejrand^a 
quorter  from  the  farry,  where  there  is  a  reaver, 
or  a  bay  runs  in  each  side  of  the  island,  and  meat 
within  a  mile ;  and  we  are  incamped  between 
these  bays,  and  have  got  a  forte  just  by  our  in- 
campment,  and  another  on  a  hill  at  the  northward 
of  us,  which  are  most  don,  and  there  is*to  be  an- 
other built  at  the  south  of  us,  on  a  nother  hill, 
and  these  forts  will  stop  this  passage  by  land  ; 
for  it  is  expected  that  the  enemy  will  land  on  som 
of  the  estward  part  of  the  island,  if  they  come; 
for  about  fifty  miles  to  the  east  of  us,  is  sayd  that 
seven  eights  of  the  people  are  torrys,  and  I  fear 
that  one  half  in  York  are  not  much  better  :  .for, '.'it 
is  enough  to  mak  any  bodys  blood  boyl,  only  to 
think  what  destruction  whas  made  last  campan  in 
our  Province  by  our  arm}',  and_now  to'^see  Lwhat 
destruction  the  army  are  under  to  keep  the  inhab- 
intins  quiete  For  our  people  are  not  alowed  to 
tread aon  the  ground  scarcely  :  they  are  not  alowd 
to  get  oysters  out  of  the  cove  ;  and  one  man  for- 
bid the  soldiers  catching  eals  ;  but  he  got  nothing 
for  that  but  cusses. 

Sarah  Hodgkins  to  her  husband. 

Ipswich,  May  ye  23,  177G.  Loveing  Husband  : 
These  lines  come  with  my  Love  to  you,  hopeing 
they  will  find  you  and  the  Company  all  in  good 
health,  as  they  Leave  me  and  children  at  this 
time  through  the  goodness   of  God.     I  received 


yours  of  the  9  instant  yesterday  morning.  It  is 
a  grate  comfort  to  me  to  hear  from  you.  1  am 
Sorry  to  hear  that  you  are  trobled  with  boyles. 
They  are  very  troublesome  :  but  as  you  say,  they 
are  counted  bolsom.  1  hope  they  will  leave  you 
in  a  good  state  of  health.  I  am  ready  to  think 
they  proceed  from  the  humer  you  have  been  trob- 
led with  for  sometime.  1  want  to  hear  whether 
you  have  got  well  of  it  or  no.  I  want  to  see  you 
veiy'much,  but  I  durst  not  think  much  about  it 
at  present ;  but  I  hope  we  shall  see  one  another 
again  all  in  good  time.  I  desire  to  be  contented 
with  the  alotments  of  Providence.  You  wrote  in 
your  letter  that  you  had  not  heard  from  ine  since 
vou  left  home,  but  it  is  no  neglect  of  mine ;  for  I 
will  assure  you  that  I  wrote  the  first  opportunity 
I  knew  of,  which  was,  I  think  the  0  of  may. 

Capt.  Perkins  got  in  last  friday.  They  are  well 
and  have  got  a  good  load  of  corn.  Father  and 
mother  sends  their  love  to  yon.  I  see  Sister 
hannah  yesterday.  She  told  me  to  give  her  love 
to  you,  and  tell  you  they  were  well.  Brother 
John's  folks  are  well,  and  send  their  love  to 
thomas.  So  I  must  conclude  by  subscribing  my- 
self your  loveing  wife  till  death.  Joannah  sends 
her  duty  to  you.  Sarah  Hodgkins. 


Perley.  M.  V.  B.  Perley  of  Springfield  and 
Sidney  Perley  of  Boxford,  are  publishing  a  His- 
tory of  the  Perleys.  One  of  "the  early  camping 
grounds"  of  this  family  was  Ipswich.  Allen  Per- 
ley was  in  town  in  1657  ;  the  oldest  stone  in  the 
Linebrook  parish  graveyard,  is  in  memory  of  a 
Perley.  The  volume  will  interest  Ipswich  Anti- 
quaries. Address  M.  V.  B.  Perley,  Springfield, 
Mass. 

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Joseph   Baker,   1784-1846. 
Joseph  Baker,  -on  of  Samuel  and  Sarah    (IIol 


Madame  Tread  we  1 1  was  a  descendant  of  Gov. 
Endicotl  and  a  convert  of  Whitefield  She  had  a 
cop\  of  Gov.  Endicott's  portrait.  [Who  has  this 
copy  now  ?  j 

Mr  Baker  enlarged  his  grounds  1>\  removing 
the  dwelling  south  of  the  tavern,  which  had  once 
been  occupied  by  Esq.  Dummer  Jewett.  It  now 
stands  in  close  proximity  to  the  ancient  Saltonslall 
1  louse. 

The  following  is  a  record  of  Mrs.  Bakers  fam- 
ily. She  was  of  Salem  birth — th<  family  living  on 
Boston  street  in  that  ciiy.     Her  pan  nts  w< 

David  and  Anna  (Beckford)  Stewart,  married 
27  of  5  mo.  1775.     Thev  had, 

Anna  Stewart,  b.  12  of  5  mo  177"'..  She  mar- 
ried (1)  Henry  Felt,  (2)  Joseph  Baker. 

David  Stewart.  1».  1  of  1  mo.  1778,  died  early. 

Between    1778-80,    David    Stewart,   died,    and 

widow  Anna  married  (2)  Ephraim  Smith  in  1781. 


land)  Baker,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Feb.  29,  1784      They  \KU\ 


:ilM|  died  in  Ipswich,  March  29,  1846.  He  began 
his  mercantile  career  in  Salem,  where  he  married 
Mrs.  Anna  (Stewart)  Felt.  He  removed  to  Bos- 
Ion,  in  1815.     lifter  a  successful  business  life    he 

returned  to  his  native    town,  and    purchased     the 


Ephraim  Smith,  b.  10th  of  10  mo.  1781,  d    c. 

Betsey  Smith,  b.  5th  of  6  mo.  1783,  Bhe  mar- 
ried Samuel  Henderson,  resided  in  Salem 

David  Smith.  !>.  t-th  of  2  mo  1785,  m.  Catha- 
rine Chase.   Members  of  the  Society   of  Friends. 


house  near  the   Soldiers'    Monument— known    as      He  died  at  Bolton,  she  died  at  Lynn. 


the  old  Treadwell  Tavern.  It  is  perhaps  the 
most  historic  building  in  town.  Ii  was  the  prin- 
ciple Ipswich  Inn  for  manj  generations.  Chief 
J nst ice  Se wall  mentions  it  in  bis  Diary.  John 
Adam-,  before  the  Revolution,  writes  quaintly  of 
Ihe  Treadwells  who  were  then  host   and    hosti 


Benjamin  Smith,  b.  27th  of  5  mo.  1787.  Lived 
at  Lynn. 

Rebecca  smith,  b.  5th  of  6  mo,  l  790,  d.  i  ■ 

Anna,  wife  of  Ephraim  Smith,  diedl5thofG 
mo.  I  790. 

In  1793  Ephraim  Smith  married  Lois  Mansfield 


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by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Lois,  bom  12th  of  4 
mo.  1794.  She  m.  Mr.  Edmiaster,  resides  in 
Lynn. 

Ephrairo  Smith  died  in  1812.  He  was  a  broth- 
er of  Jesse  Smith  of  Salem,  who  was,  (according 
to  the  inscription  on  his  monument  in  Harmony 
Grove,)  the  last  survivor  of  Washington's  body 
guard. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  3. 
MARRIAGES.— 1658. 
James  How    and    Elisabeth  Jackson,    married 
13  Aprill,  1658. 

Isaack  ffoster  and  Mary  Jackson    married    the 
5  of  May,  1658, 

William  Reiner  and  Elizabeth  Gilbert    married 
the  24  September,  1658. 

John  Gage  and  Sarah  Keyes  marred    the    7    of 
November,  1658. 

Edward  Allen  and  Sarah    Kimball    married   24 
November,  1658. 

John  Edward  and  Mary  Saras  married    the   24 
November,  1658. 

Jacob  ffoster  and  Martha  Kinsman  married   12 
January,  1658 

DEATHS.— 1658 
Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas   Scott,    dyed   first    of 

Aprill,  1658. 
ffrances,  wife  of  William  Whittred  dyed    2G   Ap- 
rill, 1658. 
Nathaniell,  son  of  Thomas  Howlett,  dyed  the    28 

Aprill,  1658. 
Rachell  Tompson,  daught :  of  Symon   Tompson, 

dyed  5  of  May,  1658. 
Mary,  wife  of  Edward  Chapman   dyed    the    10th 
of  June,  1658. 


Symon,  son  of  Daniell  Warner,   dyed    the    11    of 

June,  1658, 
Joseph,  sonn  of  John    Warner,    dyed    the    18   of 

June,   1658. 
Sarah,    wife   of  John    Whipple,    dyed    the  14   of 

June,   1658. 
Amy,  the  wife  of  John  Gage,  dyed  in  June,  1658. 
Nath  :  sonn  of  Joseph  Biggsby,  dyed  11  July,  '58 
Mary,  Daught.  John  Denison,  dyed  11  July,   '58. 
Ann,  wife  of  Andrew  Hodges,  dyed  15  Nov.  '58. 
Matthew  Whipple  dyed  the  20th  October,  1658. 
Martha  Prockter,  Jun'r  dyed  14  October,  1658. 
John,  sonn    of  John    Prockter,    Jun'r,    dyed   in 

October. 
Susan  ffrench,  widdow,  dyed  in  August,  1658. 
William  Axldams  dyed  the  18lh  of  January,  '58. 
William  Lampson  dyed  the  first  of  febuary,  1658. 


Arthur  W.  Dowe  has  a  very  accuarate  picture 
of  the  First  Methodist  Meeting  House.  This  rep- 
resentation of  the  building  will  some  future  day 
have  much  historic  interest ;  and  will  probably 
have  a  present  value  to  people  who  worshipped  in 
it.     Copies  can  be  had  of  Mr.  Dowe.    Price  25c. 


Newmarsh. 

Mr.  George  W.  Caldwell  gives  us  the  following 
old  Paper,  which  he  picked  out  of  tinman's  rub- 
bish. Too  many  old  papers  have  been  sold  to 
tinmen.  This  paper  will  interest  those  who  wish 
to  trace  early  boundaries  and  locations  : 

"  I  John  Newmarsh,  Sen'r,  doth  freely  Give  to 
My  Son  John  Newmarsh  a  house  and  to  make  it 
fitt  to  Dwell  in,  and  ground  before  the  house 
which  is  bounded  so  it  run  from  the  house  to  the 
water  side,  and  from  the  side  of  the   well    to   the 


ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS.     NOVEMBER,     1881. 


tout'  wall.  Likewise  I  '!<>  give  him  a  pasture 
bat  was  Thomas  Hartley's,  which  is  Ten  acres, 
tod  four  acres  of  Tillage  land  bounded  one  end 
b  the  pasture  and  the  other  to  the  path  hy  the 
pasture;  and  four  acres  of  land  at  plumb  Island, 
pal  was  William  Brocklers,  and  I  give  him  two 
■arsh  lotts  yl  was  Will:  Brocklers,  which  con- 
lin  Ten  acres.  And  I  doe  alsoe  give  him  halfe 
in  acre  of  land  to  sett  a  barne  and  allso  to  have 
lall'e  of  tlio  Orchard  and  to  have  the  commonage 
o  go  with  the  house,  and  to  have  tree  coming  of 
.'art  to  the  house,  and  to  have  fie;  going  to  his 
Misture  with  his  (Outs  The  pasture  is  hound  | 
■reight  from  the  Corner  by  lacob  Perkins  to  a 
ittle  Oake  Tree  by  Goodman  .Ionian.  1  Give 
lohn  free  Leave  Cor  three  or  four  Cows  to  goe  in 
he  pasture  with  ours,  and  iheir  ealves.J'till,  his 
nature  be  ready.  This  is  mj  Deed  i>  witness 
tt}*  band  eighl  of  the  ninth  mon'li.  1071  : 

.lohn    Xewtnarsh. 

Witneas.  Robert  Murnam.    Nathaniel  Tredwell. 

The  Testimony  ol  Nathaniel  Tredwell  that  ye 
tltlementofsd  Estate  upon  said  Newmarsh  by 
lis  father  was  before  his  marriage  to  Liet.  Thom- 
■  Burnham's  Daughter,  and  that  untill  he  had 
Infirmed  the  same  as  above,  the  marriage  was 
kferrd,  and  apon  his  doing  ofil  that  night  the 
Ene  of  their  marriage  was  appointed,  and  that 
|e  above  said  Deed  aud  Gift  was  of  sd  .lohn 
fewmarsh,  Sen'r,  his  own  writing,  and  that  he 
aw  the  said  .lohn  Newmarsh,  -en's,  signe,  seale 
nd  Deliver  the  Barae  a-  his  act  and  deed,  as  well 

heard  him  make  the  contract   with  Said  Miiriiain 
list   he  would  doe  it.  and     that     said     John     NeW- 

lar-h.  junr.    hath   possessed    the   Same   all    but 
bout  Two  acres  ever  since,  and  died  in  the    pos- 


session thereof.  Thomas  Burnbam,  sen'r  and 
Mary  his  wife  also  testinetb  to  the  whole  above 
written. 

At  a  County  Court  held  at    Ipswich,  March  31, 
1091,    the    abovesd    Robert    Um  nam.    Nathaniel 

Tredwell,  Thomas  Burnam  and  Mar\  appeared 
and  made  Oath  to  all  above  written. 

Attest  Thomas  Wade,  ( !ler  : 
Fxamd  p  Stephen  Sewall,  Register. 


STANWOOD,  HODGKINS,   SMITH. 

For  some  weeks  we  have  be*  n  engaged  in  gath- 
ering records  for  the  Genealogies  of  the  above 
named    Ipswich  families. 

lie  shall  be  glad  to  receive  copies  of  any  Fam- 
ily Records,  or  any  recollections  or  facts  concern- 
ing them,  or  any  reference  or  suggestion  where 
information  may  be  obtained. 

In  the  oldest  Grave  Yard  in  Essex,  once  a  part 
of  Ipswich,  is  the  following  inscription  over  the 
grave  of  one  the  best  men  of  his  generation : 

I  Fnderueath  Lies  the  Body  of  the 

Rev  John    Wise,  A.  M. 

First   Pastor  of  the   Second    Chinch     iii    Ipswich. 

Graduated  at  Harvard    College,  in   1073. 

Ordained  Pastor  of  said  Church,  in    lOftl, 

A  nd  'lit  d   April    8,    I  725, 

Aged   73. 

For  talents,  piety  and  learning, 
He   shone    as   a   star  of  the 
First   Magnitude. 

1008.  Martha  Low.  aged  28.  this  deponent 
saith  shee  heard  John  Chub  saj  that  when  he  was 
before  the  Major  in  examination  about  ye  horse, 
the  Major  so  looked  on  him  thai  he  knew  not 
what  he  said  ;  and  farther  the  sayd  Chub  Bayd, 
thai  if  he  could  save  himselfe  i'\  telling  two  or 
three  lies  and  turn  it  to  any  bodj  else,  he  was 
hound  in  conscience  so  to  doe. 


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Hodgkins  Letters. 

In   Camp  on  Long  Island. 

June  3'e  10,  1776  Our  people  are  healthy  in 
general.  But  Stephen  Colman  and  Willm  Stone 
are  sick  of  a  feaver  and  a  Cape  Ann  man  in  our 
company  is  in  a  very  weak  state,  and  I  am  Very 
much  afrad  of  him.  There  is  none  Died  in  our 
regiment  since  we  came  here.  Our  duty  is  Very 
constant.  The  men  are  on  duty  five  days  in  sev- 
en ;  but  it  is  chefely  fetigue.  There  is  not  much 
guarding  to  Due,  only  two  subaltons  guards,  and 
I  have  one  of  them  tonight. 

I  have  nothing  to  send  you  but  love.  I  hope  1 
shall  have  some  money  soon  Capt.  Wade  is 
well.  This  letter  comes  by  Colol.  Little's  Broth- 
er, who  came  here,  he  and  Capt.  Kent  of  New- 
bury to  see  their  frinds  :  and  if  there  should  be 
any  Gentelmen  in  Ipswich  that  should  come  this 
way,  I  should  be  very  glad  to  have  you  sen  1 
me  a  Pair  of  Shirts.  But  I  would  not  have  you 
be  uneasy  about  it,  for  when  I  can't  do  no  longer 
1  can  by  some  hear,  though  Linnen  is  Extream 
Dear. 

June  ye  20,  1770  The  fleet  is  expected  every 
day.  General  Washington  is  calling  in  the  Me- 
lisha  and  I  hope  we  shall  be  in  Readyness  to 
meet  our  enemy,  and  show  them  yanky  Play, 
come  when  they  will.  I  think  we  have  got  prety 
well  fortifyed,  and  I  think  they  will  meat  with  a 
wharm  Reception  ;  for  our  men  are  in  good  spir- 
its and  seem  to  be  impatient  and  tired  awating. 

You  informed  me  that  Sally  had  cutt  her  arm. 
Tell  her  that  Daddy  is  very  sorry  for  it,  and 
whants  to  seelier. 

July  ye  17,  1770.     Our  enemys  are  coming   in 


almost  every  day,  and  we  expect  they  wilh  have 
2."i, (»00  menjwhen  they  al  get  in.  But  I  would 
not  have"you  uneasy  about  us  for  our  numbeijar 
i  exceed  theirs,  and  we  have  42  000  men  now,  and 
they  are  coming  in  every  day.  Two  Biigads  are 
coming  from  Pelidelphia,  consisting  53  Battalons, 
so  1  hope  with  the  blessing  of  God,  we  shall  Ik: 
able  to  keep  cur  ground  and  let  them  know  that 
yankeys  can  fitt. 

As  for  my  gun  you  menshund,  brother  Heard 
may  have  it  for  12  dollars;  that  is  but  two  shil- 
lings more  than  I  gave  for  it  last  winter,  and 
guns  have  ben  a  rising  ever  sense.  I  would  have 
you  call  on  Capt  Charles  Smith  for  such  things 
as  you  whant  in  the  family.  I  hear  that  Capt. 
Moses  Harris  is  got  home.  As  to  that  Tory 
Plot,  I  sepose  you  have  had  the  accountes  in  tie 
papers  before  now.  One  of  them  was  Tried  on 
Winsday,  condemned  on  Thursday,  and  executed 
on  Friday,  and  I  wish  twenty  more  were  sarved 
the  sam  sort. 


Garfield  Memorials.  We  have  received  the 
Garfield  Memorial  Sermons  preached  by  E.  B. 
Palmer  of  the  First  Church,  Rev.  Mr.  Waters  of 
South  Church,  and  Rev.  G.  F.  Flichtner  (for- 
merly of  Ipswich,)  of  St.  Barnabas  Church,  New- 
ark, N.  J.  Chaste,  beautiful,  teuder  tributes  to 
the  man  whose  name  is  a  treasure.  We  have 
placed  copies  of  these  discourses  in  different  His- 
torical Rooms — and  we  wish  old  Ipswich  had  a 
Repository  for  historical  collections. 

IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 

Entered  at  Post  Office   as   second   class   matter. 
Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year.  i 

Augustine  Caldwkll,  Arthur  W.  Dowe. 


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IPSWK  II     AN  riQUARIAN     PAPERS. 

Entered  at  Pot  as   second   <<<iss    matter. 

Published   Monthly,   2n  cents  per  year, 
rhree  copies    50c.    six  copies  $1. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Airrnun   W.   Dowe. 


|  p  Volume  rwo  closes  with  this  (December) 
Dumber.  We  shall  venture  another  volume  and 
hope  to  make  it  valuable  to  people  interested  in 
Ipswich  history.  Copies  from  the  Town  Records 
of  births,  marriages  and  deaths  will  be  continued 
monthly.  We  hope  to  illustrate  the  issues  of 
1882  \siili  a  few  more  of  our  ancient  and  historic 
bouses,  seals,  and  profiles.  We  should  be  verj 
glad  to  receive  or  to  make  copies  of  Family  Rec- 
ords or  other  papers  with  dales  earlier  than  1800. 
Many  families  have  old  Bibles  containing  Records 
and  also  interleaved  almanacs  with  memoranda 
These  items  are  of  genealogic  and  historic  help, 
and  we  would  be  glad  of  their  aid  in  our  work. 


I  W  We  wish  to  express  our  thanks  to  Wesley 
K.  Bell,  Esq.,  and  to  Mr.  Nathaniel  Rogers  Far- 
lej  of  Ipswich,  for  their  continued  willingness  to 
grant  us  access  to  such  B  i  >ks  in  their  care  as  have 
been  invaluable  to  us  in  publishing  the  Papers  ; 
and  to  Mr.  Barton  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Rooms,  Worcester.  ]',  n  for  the  continue. 1  kind- 
nesses, suggestions  an  I  attentions  of  these  gentle 

men  we  could  nol  have  is I   the   pasl    numbers 

of  the  Antiquarian. 


The  Ipswich  Chronicle  the  past  year  has  had 
several  articles  of  greal  value.  The  editor  (Mr. 
Potter,)  has  given  his  studies  of  "  Pre-historie 
Ipswich,'1  and  Charles  A.  Wayward,  Esq.,  has 
given  several  sketches  of  earlj  Ipswich  names. 


Robert    Dutch. 

Every  Ipswich  hoy  who  had  a  grandmother  to 
tell  him  stories,  has  heard  of  Robert  Dutch  who 
was  scalped  at  Bloody  Brook,  and  came  home 
alive.  It  will  be  interesting  to  those  who  have 
only  heard  the  story  to  see  in  print,  as  related  by 
Mr.  Hubbard,  seived  it,  probabty,  from  the 

lips  of  Robert  himself.     Robert  Dutch  was  a    son 
of  <  >sman  I  )utch  of  <  H  ■  I  to    be    a 

hundred  years  old.  Rev.  Mr.  Hubbard,  who 
wrote  the  account,  lived  on  Turkey  Shore, 
than  astone's  throw  from  Sheriff  William  Dodge's 
(now  Mr.  PloufTs)  residence.  In  our  boyhood 
the  cellar  of  the  Hubbard  house  could  be  distinctly 
traced.  Mr.  Hubbard  thus  wrote  of  Robert  Dutch 
who  was  of  that  fated  company  of  young  men  at 
Bloodj  Brook,  rcmenil  the  "  Flower    of 

county  :" 

••  As  (apt  Moseh  came  upon  the  Indians  in 
the  Morning,  he  found  them  stripping  the  Slain, 
amongst  whom  was  one  Robert  Dutch  of  Ipswich 
having  been  son  ly  wounded  by  a  bullet  that  rased 
to  his  -skull  and  then  mauled  by  the  Indian  Match- 
was  left  for  dead  by  the  Salvages,  and  stript 
by  them  of  all  hut  his  skin;  yet  when  (apt. 
Mosely  came  near,  he  almost  miraculously  as  one 
raised  from  the  Dead,  came  towards  the  English, 
to  their  no  small  Amazement;  by  whom  being 
received  and  cloathed,  he  was  carried  off  to  the 
next  Garrison,  and  is  living  and  in  perfect  Health 
at  this  Day.  May  he  be  to  the  Friends  and  Rela- 
tives of  the  Rest  of  the  Slain  an  Eml  1  im  of  their 
more  perfect  Resui  I  the   last    Daj    to   re- 

ceive their  Crowns  among  the  Rest  of  the  Martyrs 
that  have  laid  down  and  ventured  their  Lives  as  :i 
mony  to  the  Truth  of  I  heir  H  lij   on,  as  well 
as  l ...  r  (  ounti  \ ." 


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Another  account  printed  the  same  year  in  Lon- 
don gives  the  following  most  unlikely  version  of 
the  affair : 

kt  The  next  day  they  [the  English.]  came  up 
againe,  the  Indians  were  gone;  they  had  stript 
the  dead  Men  of  all  their  Clothes,  Arras  and  Hor- 
ses ;  amongst  which  dead  was  one  who  had  Life 
in  him,  and  was  found  by  a  Friend  Indian  ;  he 
took  him  up  and  said,  Umb,  umb,  poo  lngismon, 
mce  save  yoo  Life,  me  take  youto  Captain  Mosee, 
he  carries  him  15  Miles  the  Day  after  to  Captain 
Moseley,  and  now  this  Man  is  well  again  and  in 
good  Health." 

The  name  of  Dutch  was  common  in  Ipswich 
till  within  half  a  century.  An  old  house  on  the 
Seminary  Grounds,  at  the  end  of  the  stone  bridge 
was  called  the  "  Uutch  House." 

Gould  of  Topsfield  to  Newmarcb,  1691. 

The  following  letter  of  John  Gould  of  Tops- 
field  to  his  "•brother  Newmarch"  of  Ipswich,  was 
given  us  by  Mr.  George  W.  Caldwell: 

Brother  Newmarch  :  I  think  I  shall  goe  to  Bos- 
ton to  morer,  and  my  sister  Perkins  tould  mce 
that  sister  Newmarch  would  have  mee  to  doe 
something  for  her  at  Boston.  I  sopose  yt  tis  ye 
same  yu  did  speake  to  mee  about  to  doe.  I  am 
willing  to  doe  anything  for  yu  that  1  can  :  and 
shall  doe  ye  beast  for  yu  that  I  can  :  The  Time 
has  bin  Verry  busey  with  me  so  that  I  cannot  goe 
out  to  looke  after  what  is  my  due.  I  must  intreat 
you  to  lend  me  ten  shillings  in  silver,  and  I  will 
pay  you  it  againe.  I  dont  desire  it  for  anything 
that  I  shall  doe  for  yu,  but  I  will  pay  yu  ye  mo- 
ney againe.  1  pray  send  it  by  ye  bearer  heareof 
and  also  what  et  tis  yu  would  have  me  to  doe  for 
you  with  Capt.  Chiezley,  and  I  will  doe  ye  beast 
I  cane  for  yu.  I  pray  dont  fade  mee  at  this  time, 
soe  I  Reast  yoe  Loveing  Brother  John  Gould. 

Topsfield,   19  May,    1691. 


May  10,  1G75.  Capt.  Ezra  Lunt  and  his  com- 
pany of  GO  men  supped  and  lodged  at  Treadwell's 
Tavern,  Ipswich,  on  their  way  from  Newburyport 
to  Cambridge  Camp. 

John  Winthrop,  Jr.,  who  settled  Ipswich,  1633- 
4,  taught  an  old  deaf  and  blind  woman  to  read  by- 
raised  letters.  It  is  thought  to  be  the  earliest  ac- 
count of  this  manner  of  reading.  It  is  thus  related 
by  his  grandson,  John  Winthrop,  son  of  Wait 
Still  Winthrop : 

"  Memorand  :  I  have  heard  my  Father  say, 
yt  wn.  they  came  first  into  ye  Country, 
they  brought  over  an  old  Woman  who  was  Dcafe 
&  Blind. — this  Old  Woman  Lived  at  Ipswich  in 
New  England,  wr  my  Grandfather  taught  her  to 
Understand  anything  by  ye  Letters  cut  in  Wood, 
&  so  she  felt  them."  This  "Memorand."  we  find 
in  the  Mass.  Hist.  Coll. 

"  All  Men  are  not  equally  balanced  in  their 
Affections  as  to  bear  Plain  Dealing,  and  give  that 
harmless  Dove  [Truth,]  a  resting  Place  in  their 
Minds  for  the  Sole  of  her  Foot.  '—Iltibbard,  1677 

The  following  has  reference  to*  an  Ipswich  boy 
of  1776  ; 

Order:  Maj.  Little's  (I2th)  Reg't.  "James 
Holland,  a  fifer  in  Capt.  Dodge's  Company,  is  ap- 
pointed fife  Major  to  this  Regiment  and  is  to  be 
obeyed  as  such." 

Battle  of  Brooklyn,  August,  1776:  Missing 
and  killed  in  Ipswich  companies:  Capt.  Parker's 
Co.  killed,  Peter  Bathrick.  Capt.  Wade's  Co. 
missing,  Archeluus  Pulcifer.  Capt.  Dodge's  Co. 
missing,  Elijah  Lewis. 

1676.     Robert  Kinsman  killed  at  Narraganset. 

1696  7.  Deacon  Jacob  Foster  took  '•  To  keep, 
Allcxander  Orhort,  with  Sufficient  meat,  drink, 
washing  and  Lodging  for  ye  space  of  Fifty  two 
weeks  at  four  shilling  pr  week  in  money,  sd  Orhort 
having  a  bed  and  bedding  of  bis  own." 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN      PAPERS,     DE<  EMB]  I:.     L881 


Denison  Day. 

It  has  b^en  a  pleasant  feature  of  the  past  few 
years  to  recogniee  the  birth-dajs  of  some  nun 
:iinl  women  who  have  become  household  narai  s. 

Cannot  good  old  Ipswich  have  :i  Dennison  Day 
in  September  nexl —  the  200tb  Anniversary  of  the 
Death  of  Maj,  Gen.  Daniel  Denison?  He  was 
one'of  the  strong  men  of  his  day,  and  it  is  an 
honor  to  Ipswicb  to  have  charge  of  his  dust.  His 
grave  is  covered  with  a  brick  monument  sur- 
mounted by  a  heavy  red  slab.  But  everv  line  of 
the  inscription  is  gone,  and  nobody  bnt  the  most 
aged  people  oflhe  town  can  point  it  out  to-day. 
When  the\  are  gone  it  will  pass  from  knowledge. 
The  late  Mr  Willi:  m  T.  Averill  pointed  it  out  to 
the  writer.  If  an  interest  can  be  begotten  to 
have  the  old  slab  re-lettered,  (as  the  anc 
\ppleton  slab  has  been.)  and  the  200th  anniver- 
sary regarded  as  Denison  JJ";i,  it  will  be  one 
thing  done  tokeepfresh  the  memory  of  early  and 
honorable  people  who  gave  Ipswich  its  well  known 
chara 


1697-8.  March '.i.  If  any  person  shall  speak 
without  leave  of  ye  moderator,  he  shall  pay  6d  pr 
Time  for  30  doing  to  be  distrained  p  ye  Constable. 

Voted  &  Giuen  to  Farmer  Smith  that  Tree  be 
was  fined  lor. 

That  Thomas  Boarman,  sen'r,  make  an  acknowl- 
edgment for  his  affrontry  Lft  Tho:  Hart,  or  pay 
a  line  of  five  shillings . 

To  M'.kill  tl'arly.  Liberty  to  build  upon  ye  Len- 
tor  of  his  house  with  a  Geel  ower  Pin  ye  chamber 
not  Exceeding  Three  foot. 

Robert  Jenning  appears  among  early  [pswich 
names.  He  came  to  Ipswich  with  the  Rev.  Nath'l 
Rogers,  and  afterward  returned  to  England. 

1745.  Willm.  Holland,  wounded  at  (ape  Bre- 
ton, and  brought  home  to  Ipswich.  He  died  lure 
June  1  1.  1745. 


1637.  Johnson  thus  -peak-  of  the  ancestor  of 
the  Ipswich  II  ubbaids :  "Mr.  William  Hubbard 
of  Iphshwich,  a  leai  ned  m:  read   in 

■   matl<  rs  ;  of  a  very  affable    and   humble    be- 
haviour :   \\  ho  hath  expended  much  of   I. 
to  help  on  this  worke  ;  although  he    b<  •     slow    of 
>pi  ech,  yet  is  bee  down  right  for  tht 

Johnson  also  s]  e,    u  hose 

farm  is  still  in  possession  of  his  descendant— ftr. 
( Greenwood :   "Mi    Robert  Paine,    a    right    g 
man  &  one  whose  estate  hath   holpe  on  well   with 
the  worke  of  this  Commonwealth." 

Dec'r  14,  1708.  The  Apletons,  Mr.  Rogers, 
and  Mr.  Pitch  dine  at  my  1  i.    In 

lie  afternoon,  the  aged  and  Excellent  Divine,  .Mr 
John  Higginson  i-  laid  in  Gov'r  Bradstn 
Tomb:  Bearers,  Mr.  Chiever,  Mr.  Noyes ;  Mr 
Shepherd.  Mr.  Gerrish ;  Mr.  Blowers.  MrGreen. 
Are  all  of  that  Association  and  wear  their  own 
Hair.  Was  laid  in  the  Tomb  a  little  before  Sun- 
set. Had  a  very  Serene  and  very  cold  Aer; 
And  yet  the  Ipswich  Gentlemen  went  home,  hav- 
ing lodg'd  in  Salem  the  night  before  — S  "•<///. 

May  15,  1711.  Gel  to  Ipswich  seasonably. 
Gov'r  comes  to  Town  from  Pascataqua  ;  in  the 
evening  the  Court  waits  on  hi-  Excellency  at 
Madam  Wainwright'e.  Went  with  J/r.  R< 
to  our  Lodging  about  Nine  <  I  real  Hail  this  day. 
— Sewall 

Sarjeant  Freegrace  Norton  was  killed  at  Ha 
in  1675,  and  a  bullet  passed    through    Major   Ap- 
pleton's  hair.     Mx    Hubbard    writes:   uCapl    Ap- 
pleton's  Serjeanl  was  mi  »i :  ■••  ound 

his  side,  another  Bullet   passing  through   bis  own 
Hair  by  thai  Whisper  telling  him  that   Death 
very  mar.  bul  did  no  other  harm." 

All  Soldier-  aie  ni >t  I  u  able  to  disci ibe 

with  their  Ten    what    they    have    dour    \\j||,    their 
Swords.     Hubbard,    1677. 


Q(p 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS,     DECEMBER,     1881. 


Hodgkins  Letters.— Con  tinned. 

In  Camp  at  Long  Island.  July  ye  22,  1770. — 
Our  army  at  South  Carlina,  under  General  Lee, 
have  had  a  battle.  The  enemy  atempting  to  land, 
a  havey  canonading  for  12  hours  whas  made  upon 
the  fortifications  near  Charlestown.  Both  fleet 
and  armv  have  been  repulsed  with  grate  Loss  by 
a  small  number  of  Valient  Troops  just  arrived. 
The  enemy  had  172  killed  and  wounded  among 
whom  whare  several  officers  and  two  cappittell 
ships  much  damaged.  One  friget  of  20  guns  en- 
tirely lost,  being  abandered  aud  blown  up  by  the 
crue,  and  a  number  of  other  ships  very  much  hurt, 
and  all  with  a  loss  on  our  side  of  10  killed  &  22 
wounded.  This  account  you  may  depend  on,  for 
it  came  out  in  general  orders  last  night. 

Give  my  duty  to  father  and  mother  Pirkins. 
Sargt  Hodgkins  and  Wllm  Stone  are  sick  with 
flux.  Aaron  Waite  is  got  most  well.  Solomon 
Colman  is  very  low  indeed. 

Aug.  ye  12,  1776.  Our  people  fitted  out  5  "or 
six  Row  galleys  and  sent  them  up  the  River  to  at- 
tack the  two  men  of  war  that  whent  up  there 
some  Time  ago.  Accordingly  they  whent  up 
9  days  ago  and  the  ships  saw  them  coming,  they 
got  under  saile  in  'order  to  fite  the  galleys ;  and 
the  ships  fird  the  first  gun  and  then  the  galles  en- 
gaged them  for  an  hour  &  half.  But  one  of  the 
galles  split  her  best  guns,  and  then  an- 
other received  a  shot  between  wind  and  wharter, 
so  they  thought  best  to  Retreat.  But  they  hulled 
the  ships  several  times,  and  what  other  dammedge 
they  did  we  have  not  heard.  On  our  side  whare 
two  men  killed,  ten  or  twelve  wounded.  A.nd 
sence,  our  people  have  sunk  ships  and  other  things 
which  they  prepared,  across  the  channel,  so  as  to 
stop  the  ships  from  coming  down  or  any  others 
going  up,  and  there  being  a  tolk  of  the  Enemy 
making  a  Tack  soon  it  was  thought  best  not  to 
send  the  galies  up  again  at  Present. 

I  would  also  inform  you  that  there  is  a  fleet 
now  coming  in,     Some  of  our  officers   saw   them 


and  Judge  there  whare  about  80  sail :  the  flee' 
are  this  moment  fiering  three  Salute.  So  I  sepost 
some  of  them  have  got  up  to  Lord^Hows  fleet.  II 
is  thought  this  Fleet  is  from  the  Southen  Collines, 
so  it  seams  they  will  get  all  the  strength  they  can 
before  they  make  any  attack  on  us.  But  we  are 
awaiting  and  expecting  them  every  day. 

August  ye  25,  1776.  Last  Monday  about  noon 
there  came  orders  for  a  party  to  be  sent  Down  the 
Island  to  drive  the  Cattle  from  the  south  side  of 
the  Island  and  to  D.istroy  all  the  boats  we  could 
find  ;  so  the  enemy  mite  not  be  benefitted  by  them. 
1  went  with  this  Party.  The  Party  consisted  of 
200  men  besid  officers  and  a  Troop  of  hors,  about 
60  to  assist  us.  So  we  marched  about  3  o'clock 
in  the  after  noon  and  we  marcht  25  miles  that 
night,  and  the  next  morning  we  proseded  in  our 
bisness  and  colected  a  good  number  of  cattle  and 
distroyed  a  grate  number  of  boats,  and  on  Wens 
day  the  afternoon  we  marched  further  down  the 
Island  to  a  place  called  Jerusalem.  There  we 
whas  till  friday  about  12  o'clock.  Then  an  Ex- 
press came  from  the  General  with  all  spead  and 
brought  us  word  that  the  enemy  had  landed  and 
got  within  5  miles  of  our  lines,  judged  to  be 
about  six  or  seven  thousand.  There  we  whare  42 
miles  from  the  camp  amongst  a  people  that  nine 
tenths  of  them  whare  our  Secret  Enemys,  and  we 
whare  cut  of  from  our  lines  by  our  oppen  enemy. 
I  was  not  without  some  happrehentions.  But  out- 
men  were  all  in  good  spirits,  and  about  one  o'clk 
we  got  ready  to  March,  and  we  whare  determined 
to  get  into  camp  or  loose  our  lives.  We  made  but 
one  stop  the  whole  march,  and  that  was  about  8 
miles  from  the  camp.  There  we  got  a  little  Re- 
freshment for  the  men  aud  sot  off  again  and  in  an 
oure  after  we  left  that  place  the  Regulars  Light 
boss  whas  along  in  Persute  of  us.  But  we  marched 
all  the  By  ways  we  could  so  we  out  whitted  them. 


Jauuarv  and  Februarv  numbers  issued  together 


Antiquarian  papers. 


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VOL.     III. 


IPSWICH,     MAns.,     JANUARY,      1882. 


NO.    XXVII. 


[PSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 

"Entered  at  Post  Office   as   second   class   matter 

Published  Monthly,  •-'.">  cents  per  \  ear. 
Three   copie9    50c.    Six   copies  $1. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthub  \V.  Dowe. 

P.  ().  Address. — Antiquarian    Papers.  !'><>. ••  lo9, 
Ipswich   Muss. 


The  following  remarkably   good   epitaph,    [the 

last  gloomy  line  excepted.]  is  in  the  High  street 
Burying  Yard.  It  is  in  memory  of  a  grand-neph- 
ew of  the  Rev.  John  Norton: 

Here  lyes  Buried  ye  Body  of 

Deacon    Thomas  Norton; 

who  departed  this  life 

duly  ye   13th,   Anno   Doni'ni,    1714, 

in  ye   71    year  of  His  Age. 

Soundness  of  Judgment,   Steadiness  of  mind 
Plainness  of  Heart,   Friendship  to  Human  Kind, 
Courtesie,   Pat'e  ice.   Humility, 
A  strict  but  unaffected  Piety, 
Zeal  for  the  public  Good,  tie  Church's  Peace, 
A   beauteous  Order  did   whilst  living  grace 
The  worthy  Gentle  man  whose  dear   Remains 
This  Scpulcre  in   Darkness  now  Contains. 

A  lady  referring  to  the  fact  that  Sheriff  Wil- 
liam Dodge  lived  in  the  house  now  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Plouff,  writes:  "  I  remember  hear- 
ing iny  grandmother  tell  about  going  up  to  the 
Whipping    Post   to  see    Sheritf   Dodge    whip    the 

rogues,  as  she  expressed  it.  The  whipping  post 
stood  on  the  Green  between  the  corner  of  the 
Meeting  House  and  Frederick  Willcomb'e  resi- 
dence. Sheriff  Dodge  used  a  great  rod  split  at 
the  end.      He  struck  with  all  his   strength    on   the 

hare  back  of  the  offender.    Sometimes  the  Bbrieks 

and  the  groans  filled  the  air." 


John  G.  Whittier  in  one  of  his  printed    articles 

thus  speaks  of  Lydia  [Perkins)  Ward  well  who 
was  lied  to  a  post  before  the  Ipswich  Tavern, 
(  the  Joseph  Baker  house.)  .May  •">.  [663,  and 
whipped  for  being  a  Quaker:  "  Lydia  Wardwell, 
ol  Hampton,  who  with  her  husband  had  been  re- 
duced to  almost  total  destitution  by  persecution, 
was  summoned  by  the  church  of  which  she  had 
been  a  member,  to  appear  before  it  to  answer  to 
the  charge  of  non-attendance.  She  obeyed  the 
call  by  appearing  in  the  unclothed  condition  of 
the  sufferers  whom  she  had  seen  under  the  con- 
stables whip.  For  this  she  was  taken  to  Ipswich 
and  stripped  to  the  waist,  tied  to  a  rough  post 
which  tore  her  bosom  as  she  writhed  under  the 
lash,  and  severely  scourged  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  lookers  on  at  the  tavern."  [See  Antiquarian 
Papers.  Sept.    1880.] 

1689.  Theophilus  Wilson  possessed  a  houselol 
in  1639,  which  he  bought  of  John  Saunders, 
bounded  on  the  south  west  by  the  meeting  house 
green,  on  the  north  east  by  Stoncv  street,  on  the 
south  east  by  a  houselot  formerly  granted  to  Rob- 
ert Morcy.  This  lot  must  have  been  near  where 
the  house  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Kimball  now  is. — A. 
Hammatt,  1849. 

1655.  It  is  ordered  that  all  doggs  for  the  space 
of  three  weeks  after  the  publishing  hereof  shall 
liaue  one  legg  tyed  up:  if  such  a  dogg  should 
breake  loose  and  bee  found  in  any  come  fejld 
dojng  any  harme,  the  owner  of  the  dogg  shall  pay 
the  damages:  if  a  man  refuse  to  t ye  Vp  livs 
doggs  leg,  ami  hee  bee  found  scraxings  vp  Bsh  in 
the  come  fejld,  the  owner  shall  pay  I2d,  besides 
whatever  damage  ye  dogg  doth :  Hut  if  any  tish 
thejr  house  Lotts,  and  receive  damage  by   doggs, 

the  owners  of  those    house    lottS    -hall     heare    the 
damage  themselves. 


10? 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  4. 

BIRTHS.— 1659. 

Mehittabell,  daughter  of  John  Warner,  borne    16 

Aprill,  1659. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stace,    borne    16 

Aprill,  1659. 
William,  son  John  Smith,  borne    28  of  Aprill,  '59 
Caleb,    sonn    of  Robert    Dutch,    borne    the  1  of 

May,  1659. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Job  Bishop,    borne  the    19  of 

May,   1659. 
Susanah,  daughter  of  William  Reiner,    borne    18 

June,  1659. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John    Newmarch,    borne    16 

July,  1659. 
Samuell,  son  Esaiah  Wood  the  20  July,  1659. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Daniell  Riuge,  borne  7  of  Au- 
gust, 1659. 
John  Allen,  son  of  Edward    Allen,    borne    29    of 

Agust,  1659. 
Joana,    daughter   of  Robert    Pearce,     borne    13 

Octobar,  1659. 
Judith,  daughter  of  Jacob    Poster,   borne    20  of 

of  Octobar,  1659 
Abraham,    son    of  Samuell     Varnum,    borne    28 

Octobar,  1659. 
William  sonn  of  William  Coggswell,  4  Decemb. 
Philip,  son  of  Philip  Call,  borne  17  of  Jan.  1659. 
Judith,   daughter     of  Renold    Foster,    borne   20 

January,  1659. 
John  Edwards,  son  of  John  Edwards,    borne    22 

January,  1659 
James,     son   of  Gyles   Birdly,   borne    the    10  of 

February,  1659. 
Hanah,    daughter  of  Nicolas    Wallis,    borne    II 

Febru:    1659 
Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bigsbye,  the    18   Feb- 
ruary. 1659 
John,  son  of  Robert  Lord,  ju'r,  borne  21  of  Feb- 

raary,  1659 
Mary,    daughter   of  John    French,    borne  27   of 

February,  1659. 


Cornelius  Waldo,  two  sons  borne  24  Feb.  1659 
John,  son  of  Andrew  Peeters,  borne  28  of  Feb. 
Wiliiam,    son    of  William    Nelson,    borne     I    of       I 

March,  1659. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Knowlton,    borne    1 

March,  1659. 
Robert,  son  of  Robert  Collings,  borne    the    15   of 

March,  1659. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Robert    Kinsman,    borne    the 

19  of  March,  1659. 
Mary,   daughter   of  Thomas    Harris,     borne  31 

January,  1659. 
Abraham,  sonn   of  Abraham    Foster,    borne    14 

of  Octobar,  1659. 
Beniamin,  son  of  John  Prockter,  borne  the  10    of 

June,  1659 
Samuell,  son  of  Samuell  Ingalls  borne  24  Jan.  59. 
DEATHS.— 1659 

Mary    wife  of  Philip  Power,  dyed  30  Agust,  1659 
Mr  Waldose  two  sonns  buried  27  Febru  :  1659 
William  son  William  Gutterson,  dyed  29  Jan  :  59 
Martha,  wife  of  Richard  Jacob,  dyed  8  Sept.  '59. 
Edward  Browne,  dyed  9th  Februry,  1659 
Elizabeth,  dau.  John  Morse,  dyed  7  of  June,  '59. 
Marke  Symonds,  dyed  the  28  of  Aprill,  1659. 
Elizabeth,  wife  Daniell  Warner,  dyed  1  Nov.  '59 
Phillip,  son  of  Robert  Collings,  dyed  7  Aprill,  '59 
Abraham,  son  of  Samuell  Varnum,  dyed  3  Aprill. 
William,  son  William  Buckley  dyed  1659. 
Isaiah,  son  of  Isaiah  W^ood,  dyed  in  August,  '59. 
Judith,  daugh.  of  Jacob  Foster,  dyed  27  Jan  :  59. 
Mary  dau.  Turford  West,  dyed  28  Decemb:  59. 
Judith  wife  of  Samuell  Rogers,  dyed  July  1659. 
Alexander,  sonn  of  Thomas  Lovell,  dyed  1859. 
Nathaniell,  sonn  of  Thomas  Lovell,  dyed  1659. 
Martha,  wife  of  John  Prockter,  dyed  13  June,  59. 

MARRIAGES.— 165*. 
John  Whipple  and   Elizabeth   Woodman,    maried 

5  May,  1659 
Andrew  Hodges  and  Lidea  Browne  maried  27  of 

November,   1659 
Philip  Fowler  and  Mary    Norton    married    27   of 

Febr:  1659 


IPSWH  11     AN  riQUARIAN      PAPERS. 


Simon  Stace  and  Sarah  Wallis  maryed  19  Apiill. 
N\  bemiab  Abbott   and    Mary    How,    married    11 

Decemb  :    1 659. 
John  Gaines  and  Mary  Tredwell,  tnaried  1651). 
Francis  Muncy  and  Hanab  Addams  the  G  of  1>  c 
Thomas  French  and  Ma»y  Addams  maried  the  29 

Feb     1659. 


John  Perkins'  Bibls. 
The  last  number  of  the  Hist.  Gen.  Register, 
tells  us  of  the  Bible  of  John  Perkins,  the  earliest 
ancestor  of  the  Ipswich  Perkinses.  We  snppose 
it  is  not  the  same  Bible  thai  Serjl  Perkins  had 
under  his  arm  when  he  was  struck  by  lightning! 
[See  Antiq  Papers,  Aug.  '81.]  The  Register 
says;  The  old  Family  Bible  of  John  Perkiu3  of 
[pswich,  1633— 1654,  i>  now  and  always  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  his  di  scendants.  It  is  known 
to  antiquaries  as  the  Geneva  or  breeches  Bible. 
It  was  "Imprinted  at  London,  by  tin-  Deputies 
of  Christopher  Barker,  printer  to  the  Queenes 
[Elizabeth]  most  excellant  Majestie,  L599,"  It 
baa  a  number  of  quaint  engravings  of  the  Temple, 
and  at  tli.'  end  is  ••  The  Hook,-  of  p. alms  colh  ct- 
ed  into  English  Meeter  by  Thomas  Sternhold, 
John  Ho[»ki:is.  ami  others,  with  apt  Notes  to 
Bing  them,  withall."'  In  1708  it  was  owned  by 
Elisba,  a  great  grandson  ofc/bbn,  who  thus  wrote 

in  it  : 

Elisba  Perkins,  his  greal    Bible, 
God  give  him  grace  therein  to  look  ; 

And    W  hen    the    Bell    lor  him   doth  toll 

The  Lord  have  mercy  on  his  bouI. 

The  Bible  is  now  in  tlii'  possess! >f  Horatio  N. 

Perkins,  Bsq.,  of  Melrose  Highlands. 

Dr.  George  A  Perkins  of  Salem  has  in  prepar- 
ation the  History  ami  Genealogj  of  John  Perkins 
of  Ipswich. 


-  v      rhe  earliest  pages  of  Town  Records,    thus 
■  1.  signate  Borne  of  the  inhabitants  : 

(  ornelius  Waldo,  John  Cogswell's  farmer. 

Edward  Coborne,  .Mr.  Saltoostall's  farmer. 

Willm  Pritchet,  Richard  Jacobs  farmer. 

John  Aires,  Mr.  Norton's  farmer. 

Edward  Allen.  Mr.  Paine's  fanner* 

John  Warner,  Elder  Whipple's  farmer. 

11:  3d:  1  f>l  I:  By  the  7  men  :  It  is  now  or- 
dered that  who  euer  shall  kill  a  wolfe  with  hounds 
or  the  greater  pan  of  the  doggs  being  hounds  hee 
shall  haue  payed  bim  by  the  Constable  tenn 
shillinges;  if  with  a  trap  or  other  wayse  hee  shall 
liane  Sue  shillings,  proujded  tliev  brjng  the  heads 
to  the  meeting  bouse  ami  there  najle  them  vp  & 
:.'.i  le  not jce  thereof  to  ye  constable  whom  wee  ap- 
pojnte  to  wrjtejn  bjs  booke  a  due  remembrance 
thereof  for  the  relatinge  of  bjs  Accompte  to  ye 
1'.  >wne. 

5tb  of  1  mo,  KM*;- 1  7.  Moses  Pengry  apoynted 
to  paye  nynteene  shilling  7d  to  Henrye  Kingsbery 
&  Richards  Betta  toward  the  fen<  eing  in  of  burye- 
ing  place.  [This  is  the  first  fence  built  about  the 
old  High  street  yard.  The  house  which  Richard 
Betta  lmilt  for  his  residence  still  stands,  and  since 
1654  has  been  in  possession  of  John  Caldwell  and 
his  descendants.] 

In  17.   Robert  Bray  hath  free  liberty  to  come  to 

lowne  vV  to  dwell  amongst  its. 

1651.  Moses  Pengrye  had  salt  pans  and  worka 
by  the  ware  house  below  Obadiab   1  roods. 

Thomas  UYlls  lived  next  bouse  Boutb  ot  Sam'l 
N .  Baker's  present  residence.  1652.  A  full  set- 
tlement for  the  pt  of  his  land  taken  into  higbwaj 
at  the  bridge,  and  for  a  drift waj  thro  his  pasture. 

!•;.".•_'.   Robert  Kinsman,  [pswich,  glazier. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


Hodgkins  Letters.— Continued. 

In  Camp  at  Long  Island,  August  ye  12,  1770. 
The  enemy  a»e  now  incamped  on  a  large  Plane 
about  4  or  5  miles  from  us,  and  we  have  strong 
Partys  sent  down  near  them  and  lay  in  the  woods 
against  them  to  watch  their  motions.  They  keep 
up  a  mod  ret  lire  on  both  sides.  But  the  distance 
is  so  great  they  due  but  little  execution  on  either 
side.  We  have  had  seven  men  wounded  but 
none  killed. 

Cozen  Abram  Hodgkins  died  last  friday  night. 
His  death  is  lamented  both  b}*  officers  and  men. 
I  hope  it  will  be  sanctified  to  us  all  for  our  good. 
I  have  wrote  a  letter  to  his  farther  which  I  shall 
enclose  in  this.  Thomas  is  well.  Ebenezer  Stan- 
iford  has  had  the  fever,  but  is  getting  better. 

Aug.  Ye  28,  177G.  I  am  very  much  worrd  with 
a  scurmish  we  had  yesterday  with  the  enemy.  It 
was  as  follows  :  our  regiment  with  a  number  of 
others  was  sent  down  to  our  advanst  Post,  three 
miles  from  our  lines  in  the  woods  In  the  night 
the  Enemy  marched  out  two  deferant  ways  and 
got  most  all  Round  our  Division  which  consisted 
of  ours  aid  Colol.  Hitehcocks  Regt.  After  hav- 
ing a  very  hot  fire  for  some  time,  we  whare  or- 
dered to  march  for  the  fort  But  we  found  the 
enemy  whare  endeavoring  to  cut  off  our  retreat, 
and  in  grate  measure  did  ;  we  whar  obliged  to  go 
through  fire  and  wharter.  But  through  the  good- 
ness of  God  we  got  cheafiy  in.  It  seams  the  day 
is  come  in  all  probability  on  which  depends  the 
salvations  of  this  country. 

Lieut.  Lord  received  a  bawl  through  his  thigh 
Poor  Arkelus  Pulsifer  is  missing.  I  can't  tell 
whether  he  was  taken  or  killed  or  drowned,  for 
we  had  to  pass  over  a  creek  amost  up  to  my  arm 
pits,  and  several  whare  drowned  there.  Capt. 
Dodge  has  one  man  missing.  As  to  our  whole 
loss  it  whas  considerable.  The  enemy  are  within 
a  mile  and  a  half  of  our  lines. 

New  York,  Aug.  31,  1776.  Left  Long  Island 
last  Thursday  night.  The  enemy  had  got  all  most 


round  us,  and  they  had  much  the  advantage  of 
the  ground ;  they  whare  posted  on  the  bights 
Verry  near  us,  and  heaving  up  works  against  us 
to  Bumbard  us  out  of  our  forts,  which  they  might 
easily  have  done,  for  our  forts  were  very  much 
exposed  to  them  on  all  sides.  The  Retreat  was 
as  follows :  we  were  ordered  to  be  under  arms 
with  Paks  and  every  thing  in  order  at  seven  o'clk 
Thursday  night.  We  all  thought  it  was  to  go 
out  aganst  our  enemy.  But  about  nine  o'clock 
the  orders  whas  to  Strike  our  Tents  and  pak  all 
up  and  march  to  the  ferry  as  quick  as  Poseble, 
and  we  made  all  the  dispatch  we  could,  I  nit  I 
can't  tell  yeu  how  I  felt.  I  expected  Mr.  Row 
would  have  bin  home  by  this  time.  We  have 
heard  nothing  from  Poor  Arkelus.  1  fear  he  is 
dead.     Heavy  news  for  his  poor  mother. 

Friday  morning.  As  to  our  loss  on  the  Island  : 
Near  as  can  be  computed  is  about  600  men  miss- 
ing, and  it  is  said  the  enemys  loss  is  about  the 
same  number  We  had  two  Generals  taken,  and 
the  enemy  had  one  killed  sartin  ;  and  it  is  re- 
ported that  they  have  two  missing.  As  to  our 
own  Reg't,  we  lost  but  three  men.  And  as  to 
Arkelas  Pulsifer  and  one  more,  it  is  unsarting 
whether  they  are  killed  or  taken,  but  I  fear  they 
whare  killed  We  had  a  yonge  man  in  our  com- 
pany that  had  a  ball  went  through  his  wrist,  and 
it  was  so  brock  that  he  had  his  hand  cut  off.  I 
had  the  sleave  buttons  shot  out  of  my  sleave, 
and  the  skin  a  little  grazed.  As  to  Moses  Shats- 
well's  sons,  I  have  not  seen  them.  I  do  not  know 
what  Regt  they  are  in ;  if  they  are  in  Colol. 
Hutchinson's  they  are  about  5  miles  from  here. 
I  have  just  beard  that  Ebenr  Staniford  is  very  bad 
with  the  fever.  Col.  Wade  has  writ  to  Mr  Good- 
hue letting  him  know  of  the  death  of  his  son.  I 
am  very  glad  to  hear  that  you  have  plenty  of 
West  India  goods.  We  are  obliged  to  give  four 
shillings  Lawfull  money  for  a  quart  of  rum  I 
cant  get  it  for  that. 


Ill 


arian  faprs. 


VOL.     III. 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     FEBRUARY,     1882. 


NO.     WVIH. 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 

Enterdd  at  Post  Office   as   second   class    matter 

Published  Monthly,  _•">  cents  per  year. 
Three  copies    50c.   Sis  copies  $1. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthub  W.  Dowe. 

P.  ().  Address,— Antiqu  irian    Papers.  Box  159, 
Tpswich   .l/'Tss. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  5. 


BIRTHS.— 1660. 

John,  sonn  of  John  Whipple,  lersha,  borne  30  of 

March.  1660 
.b>--.  sonn  of  Mr  John  Apple  ton,  27  March,  '60. 
Sarab,  daughter  Daniell  Davison,    .')<>  Mch.  'tin. 
Robert,  Bonn  Abraham  Fitt,  31  March.  1660. 
John,  Bonn  of  Jacob  Foster  borne  and  dyed,  1660 
Joanna,  dan.  George  Smith,  borne  11  April!.  '60. 
William,  sonn  Samuel  Hunt,   borne  2.">  Aprill,  '60 
John,  Bonn  of  William  Buckley,  borne  8  of    May. 
Joseph,  sdini  Shoreborne  Willson,  borne  June    1. 
Mary,  dau.  John  Gaynes,  homo  .June  11.  1660. 
poseph,  b  mil  of  Thomas  Stace,  borne  June  -7. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Jerimiah  Belcher,  12  Jul}',  '60. 
John,  sonn  Samuel  Graves,  borne  Aug.  I,   1660 

.John,  sonn  Francis  Mune\e.  borne  Oct.    '24.   1660 

Mary.  dan.  Nathaniel!  Pyper,  borne  Nov  5,  1660 
Elizabeth,  dan.  Symon  Tompson,  Nov.  16,  1660 
Symon,  son  Francis  Wainewright,  borne  Nov.  20. 
If ary,  dau.  of  Nehemiah  Abbott,  Nov.  19,  1660 
Joana.  dan.  Richard  Nuolls,  borne  26  Nov.  1660 
Ifary,  dau  .John  Morse,  borne  January  15,  1660 
Hanah,  duughtei  of  Thomas  Fowler,  Jan  7,  1660 
Joseph,  Bonn  of  Thomas  Medclafe,  27  of  Jan    '60 

William,  sonn  of  William  Norton,     1  _'    Feb.   L660 

Ifebittabell,  dau.  Isaack  Foster,   Sepl  19,  1660 
Patience,  dau   of  Robert    Roberds,   borne   about 


20  February,  l  «:«;*» 
•Joseph,  -'in  Thorn  a9  Burnham,  26  Sept.  1660 
Mary,  dau.  William  Gutterson,   8 of  August,  '60. 

DEATHS.  -1660 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Abraham  Fitt,  dyed  the  1  I  of 

June,  1660. 
Jose,  Bonn  of  Mr.  John  Apple  ton,  dyed  Aprill  1 1 
Daniell.  son  of  John  Warner,  dyed  June  8,  1660. 
William.  Bonn  Samuel!  Hunt,  dye  1  29  Aprill,   '60 
John,  son  of  Jacob  Foster,  dyed  in  the  year  1660 
William,  son  of  William  Buckley,  dyed    Agusl  16 
Mehetable,  dau  Isaack  Foster,  dyed  Feb.  1660 
Margrett,  wife  of  John  Hassell,  dyed  •">  Feb  1660 
Samuell,  son  William  Hodgkin,  duly  1660 
Mary,  daugh :   Nathaniel  Piper,  dyed  18  Feb.  '60 

MARRIAGES.— 1660. 
Daniel  Warner  and  Faith  Browne  married    the    l 

of  June,  1660 
Thoma9  Lord  and  Alice  Kami,  maried  the    27    of 

. I  une.  1660 
Tli as  Fowlar  &  Hanah  Jordan,  maried  the   28 

Aprill.   1660 
Caleb    Kimball    and    Anna    Haseltine,    maried    7 

Novemb  :  1660 

Mr  Jonathan  Wade  and    Mrs    Dorithj    Buckley, 

mat  lied  !•  I  Jcccin'r  :   1660 

Mighill   Cresie    and    Marj    Quilter,   married  6  of 

Aprill,  1660 
John  Gould  and  Sarah  Baker  maried  the    1  I    <  >,• 

tobar,  1660 
Joseph  Saffourdand  Mary  Baker,  marye  1  6  Mch. 

Thomas  Low  and   .Martha   Konnan  inaivcd    I  July. 

Mr.  John    Rogers    and    Mrs.    Elisalteth    Denison 

man  rA   II  of  No\  ember.    1  660. 

Edward  Deare  &  Elisabeth  Griffln,  Jfarch  ■">.  '60. 
Samuell  Younglove  &  Sarab  Kin-man.  Aug  I  '60 
Richard  Smith  &  Hanah  Chenej*,  Novembar,  '60. 


//* 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


POORE  FAMILY. 

We  have  received  from  Mr.  Alfred  Poore  of 
Salem,  Mass.,  a  copy  of  his  very  complete  and 
recently  published  Genealogy  of  the  Poores.  The 
work  is  entitled  "  Poore— Tribe  of  John."  John 
Poore  of  Newbury,  1635,  and  the  history  of  his 
descendants  is  given  to  present  date. 

Mr.  Alfred  Poore  is  widely  known  for  his  thor- 
ough knowledge  and  whereabouts  of  every  ancient 
document  in  County  Rooms  at  Salem,  and  for 
his  kindness  to  Genealogists  who  visit  that  city 
to  dig  in  the  exhaustless  mines  of  the  old  Court 
House  His  interest  and  patience  in  all  geneal- 
ogical and  antiquarian  research  have  enabled  him 
to  make  his  Book  of  Poores  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete and  satisfactory  works  of  the  kind  And 
any  family  of  the  name  can  most  easily  trace  its 
ancestry.  A  picture  of  the  old  house  of  John 
Poore  the  first,  is  given.  All  the  Poores  and  those 
interested  in  the  early  New  England  Families  will 
appreciate  the  book. 


Waite,  1658,  Richard  and  Hannah  Cheney  Smith, 
1660,  John  Smith,  Mr  Appleton's  farmer,  1664, 
Thomas  Smith,  Innholder,  1675,  son  of  Robert 
of  Boxford.  a.  c. 


fgp"  We  have  begun  a  great  work  which  we 
shall  continue  as  we  have  leisure  from  other  and 
oftentimes  pressing  duties:  the  Genealogies  of 
Ipswich  Families,  from  the  settlement  of  the 
Town  to  1800,  as  they  can  be  gathered  from 
the  Town  and  Church  Records.  Our  old  families 
have  records  among  their  old  papers,  and  if  they 
will  leave  copies  with  the  Librarian  at  the  Public 
Library,  we  will  in  return  give  them  the  Ipswich 
genealogy  of  their  families.  We  would  like  any 
family  record  prior  to  1800. 

We  have  traced  families  as  follows  :  Anthony 
and  Elisabeth  (Whipple)  Potter,  1648  ;  Thomas 
Emerson,  1648,  George  Smith.  1648,  Serj.  Thos. 


Ipswich— 1634. 

Captain  Edward  Johnson  in  his  Wouder-Work- 
ing  Providence,  thus  discourses  upon   Ipswich  : 

1634.  This  year  came  over  a  farther  supply  of 
Eminent  instruments  for  furthering  this  admirable 
Worke  of  his,  amongst  whom  the  Reverend  and 
judicious  servant  of  Christ,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Ward, 
who  tooke  up  his  station  at  the  Towne  of  Ips- 
wich, where  the  faithfull  servants  of  Christ  gath- 
ered the  Ninth  Church  of  his.  This  Towne  is 
sciluated  on  a  faire  and  delighlfull  River,  whose 
first  rise  or  spring  begins  about  live  and  twenty 
Miles  farther  up  in  the  Countrey.  issuing  forth  in 
a  very  pleasant  pond.  But  soone  after  it  betakes 
its  course  through  a  most  hideous  swamp  of  large 
extent,  even  for  many  Miles,  being  a  great  Har- 
bour for  Beares ;  after  its  comming  forth  this 
place,  it  groweth  larger  by  the  income  of  many 
small  rivers,  and  issues  forth  in  the  sea,  due  East 
over  against  the  Island  of  Sholes,  a  great  place 
of  fishing  foi;  our  English  Nation.  The  peopling 
of  this  Towne  is  by  men  of  good  ranke  and  quali- 
ty, many  of  them  having  the  yearly  Revenue  of 
large  Lands  in  England  before  they  came  to  this 
Wildernesse,  but  their  Estates  being  imployed  for 
Christ,  and  left  in  banke,  as  you  have  formerly 
heard,  they  are  well  content  till  Christ  shall  be 
pleased  to  restore  it  againe  to  them  or  theirs, 
which  in  all  reason  should  be  out  of  the  Prelates 
Lands  in  England.  Let  all  those  whom  it  con- 
cernes  (to  judge)  consider  it  well,  and  do  Justice 
herein. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


This  Towne  lies  in  ibe  Knggamooreship  or 
Earldome  i>i  Aggawam,  Now  bj  our  English  Na- 
tion called  Essex.  It  is  a  very  good  Haven 
Towne,  \»  t  :i  little  barr'd  up  .-it  the  Mouth  of  the  I 
River.  Some  Marchanls  here  are,  (but  Boston, 
lh  in-  the  chiefesl  place  of  resort  of  Shipping, 
parries  away  all  the  rrade.)  They  have  very 
good  Land  for  Husbandry,  where  Rock 9  hinder 
not  the  course  of  the  Plow  :  The  Lord  hath  beene 
pleased  to  increase  them  in  Corne  and  Cattell  of 
late.  Insomuch  that  they  have  many  hundred 
quarters  to  spare  yearly,  and  feed,  at  the  latter 
end  of  Summer,  the  Towne  of  Boston  with  good 
B  efe.  Tbeii  Houses  are  many  of  them  very 
faire  built,  with  pleasant  Gardens  and  Orchards, 
consisting  of  about  one  hundred  and  forty  Fam- 
ilies. Their  meeting-house  is  a  very  good  pros- 
to  a  great  part  of  the  Towne,  and  beautifully 
built,  the  Church  of  Christ  here  consists  of  about 
one  hundred  and  sixty  soules,  being  exact  in 
their  conversation  and  free  from  the  Epidemicall 
Disease  of  all  Reforming  Churches  which  under 
Christ  is  procured  by  their  pious.  Learned  and 
Orthodox  Ministery.  Look  on  the  following 
Mr. -i.r-.  concerning  that  Souldiej  of  Christ,  Mas- 
ter Nathaniel  Ward  : 

Thou  ancient  sage,   come     Ward    among 
Christ's  folfe,  take  part  in  this  great  work  of  his, 
Why  do'st  thou  stand  and  gaze  about  so  long; 
Do'sl   war  in  jest,  why.  Christ  in  earnest  is. 
And  hath  thee  armed  with  weapons  for  that  end. 
To  wound  and  beale  his  enemies    Bubmittin 
Not  carnally,  then  to  this  work  attend; 
Thou  ha-t   prevail'd  the  hearts  of  main  bitting 
Although    the    Presbyterj    unpleasant   jar. 
And  errors  daily  in  their  braines  new  coyne: 
Despayer  not,  Christ's  truth  thej  aliall  not  mar: 
But  with  his  helpe  bucd  drosse  from  Gold  refine. 
\Vh:it .  Mao,  dost  meane  to  lay  tin  Trump!  down? 


Because  th\    Son  like  Warrier  is  become, 
Hold  out  01  sure  lesse  bright  will  be  tin  crowne; 
Till  death  Christ's  servants  labour  is  nol  done. 


Here  Lyeth  ye  Bodj 

of  Mr.  Jobu   Harris 

under  Sheriff 

who  died   "sept  ye    \~> 

1711    iV    in   ye   6  I 

Veai'  oi*  bis    age. 

He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Lake) 
Harris,  and  was  born  Jan.  7.  1652.  His  grand- 
mother, Mrs.  Margaret  Lake,  was  the  sister  of 
Mrs.  Elisabeth  Read  Winthrop,  wife  of  John 
Winthrop.  jr. 


IGG7.     John  Addams,    Nath'l    Addam 
uell  Addams,  Joseph  Safford,    Nicholas    Wallis, 
Thomas  Stace,    built  a    bridge   over    the  river  at 
their  own  expense. 

1669.     John  Sparke  added  rooms  to  the  Inn. 
Serj.  Perkins  added  a  leanto    to  bis  house. 

Robert  l'earse   built  a  house  and  wharf. 
Robert  Dutch  had  liberty  to  fell    trees    for    his 
son  and  snn-in  law  (Ivies   Cowes. 

Thomas  State  and  Susanna    i  \\  Mace, 

had  six  children  born  in  Ipswich,  prior  to  I 
The  family  removed  t<>  Salem,  bul  continued  the 
possession  of  their  farm  at  Ipswich  At  the 
death  of  Thomas,  he  left  8  children:  Thomas, 
William.  Joseph,  Simon.  John,  Elisabeth,  Mary. 
Susanna , 

1676.     Caleb  Kimball,  Bon  of  Henry    Kimball, 
-hi he  with  (apt.  Lathrop  in  the  ( Country  service. 

1668.     Liberty  granted   to  Mr.    William  Hub- 
bard tO  fell  BOme  white  oaks  for  pOStS  tO  fence    in 

his  home  lott.     Also  to  Mi  Wade  to  fence  in   his 

home  lott. 


Iff 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


1656,  Deeetn.  23.  William  Steevens  bath  lib- 
erty to  come  to  town  to  inhabit. 

A  wharf  was  ordered  to  be  built  for  the  Town's 
use. 

A  saw  mill  to  be  built  on  Chebaeco  River. 

The  selectmen  taking  notice  of  an  order  of 
Court  wch  orders  the  selectmen  to  take  care  for 
education  of  children,  have  agreed  it  shall  be 
published  the  next  Lecture  day  yntending  it  shall 
be  dilgently  putain  execution. 

Agreed  with  Mr.  Willson  to  Ring  the  bell  at 
nyne  of  the  clock,  to  begin  the  next  second  daye, 
being  the  12th  of  January,  for  wich  he  is  to  have 
forty  shillings  a  yeare  added  in  the  rate. 

William  Story,  Tho :  Bishop.  Duncan  Stewart, 
have  houselots  south  side  of  the  river. 

1670.  Thomas  Smith  complayned  off  for  have 
a  chimney  that  is  dangerous  for  fire,  which  may 
endanger  the  towne,  yt  is  ordered  that  he  fore 
with  mend  &  secure  the  same  within  one  week 
vpon  the  penalty  of  20s. 


Hodgkins  Letters.— Continued. 

New  York,  Sept  ye  5,  1776.  I  received  yours 
of  ye  22d  of  August,  last  Sunday,  by  which  I  was 
informed  of  the  death  of  my  little  son.  It  is  heavy 
news  to  me.  *  *  * 

We  have  moved  three  times  since  we  left  the 
Island,  and  now  we  are  about  6  or  7  miles  from 
the  city  of  York,  near  the  North  River  to  garde 
a  Landing  Place.  The  enemy  are  getting  their 
ships  each  side  of  this  Island,  (for  York  is  an 
island,  parted  from  the  main  land  by  a  river, 
about  14  miles  from  the  sity  which  is  called  King 
Bridge.)  It  is  very  difficult  to  garde  both  sides 
of  this  Island  against  a  numerous  enenry  and  a 
large  fleet  of  ships  as  ever  whas  in  America.  It 
is  expected  they  will  land  from  long  island  over 
hear  at  a  place  called  hell  gate.  This  place  is  not 
far  from  us,  only  across  the  Island.  There  is  a 
grate  number  of  our  people  there,  and  I  hope 
thay  will  be  able  to  annoy  the  enemy,  but  as   for 


hindering  their  landing,  I  Donot  expect  they  can. 
When  they  come  we  must  either  beat  them  or 
they  us.  And  if  it  should  be  the  former  hapy  for 
us ;  but  if  the  latter  the  consequences  will  be 
Shocking  to  all.  We  have  been  all  this  Summer 
Digging  and  Bilding  forts  to  cover  our  heads,  and 
now  we  have  been  obliged  to  leave  them  ;  and 
now  we  are  here  and  not  one  Shovell  full  of  durte 
to  cover  us,  but  in  all  probability  we  must  meet 
them  in  oppen  field  and  Riske  our  lives  and  Con- 
try  on  one  single  battle.  I  don't  mean  that  we 
have  no  works.  There  is  a  great  many  forts  and 
battles,  but  the  enemy  take  care  not  to  come  near 
them  in  a  regular  manner,  and  secure  a  good  re- 
treat. 

As  to  our  leaving  Long  Island,  I  don't  know 
what  people  think  of  it,  but  if  the  wind  had  not 
hindered  the  shipps  from  coming  up  we  must 
have  all  been  made  prisoners.  But  lucky  for  us 
the  wind  held  to  the  Norrid  for  some  days.  Our 
retread  was  so  sudden  and  unexpected  that  we 
lost  a  grate  many  of  our  things.  My  best  shirte 
&  a  pr  of  Hiilches,  and  stockings,  and  hanchief 
whas  at  the  wash  womans,  and  I  had  not  time  to 
get  them  ;  and  my  sertoot  I  lost  in  the  scurmish 
down  the  i-land  ;  but  1  don't  mean  to  lay  these 
things  to  harte. 

Willm  Goodhue  is  dead.  He  whas  taken  sick 
about  the  time  the  regulars  Landed  on  the  Island. 
He  was  moved  to  York  so  I  never  saw  him  but 
once  after  he  was  moved,  and  that  was  last  Sun- 
day. [  did  not  think  he  was  dangres'but  he"died 
the  nix  day.  Due  let  his  farther  know  it  as  soon 
as  you  can.  He  was  very  much  like  Sarj.  Hodg- 
kins, only  had  more  fever.  Two  of  the  strongest 
men  in  our  company  cut  of  sudden.  Heavy  news 
to  thire  friends. 


1645,  April  13.  It  is  ordered  that  Mr.  Browne 
shall  paye  a  pound  of  powder  to  Captayne  Deny- 
son  as  to  the  rest  that  went  agst  the  endians. 


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NO      XXIX. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 

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P.  0.  Address, — Antiquarian    Papers    Box  lo9, 
Ipswich   Mus:. 

[  p  Manv  <>!  our  subscribers  failed  to  receive 
No  3.  December,  1*7:»  We  have  reprinted  it: 
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can  have  it  on  application  to  Antiquarian  Papers, 
Box  159,  Ipswich,  Mass. 

{  ?>  Can  any  one  tell  us  where  the  Records  of 
Ipswich  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  lor  the 
\  ear  1  (563  may  lie  found  ? 

1604.  Granted  to  John  Payne  liberty  to  s*etl 
Dp  a  Brue  house  and  ware  house  l»v  the  wallar 
■yd  neare  to  John  Taylors  house  and  to  fence  in 
a  little  yard  p'vided  ii  prejudice  not  the  high  way 
or  way  to  the  wbarfe,  io  he  viewed  !>\  the  select 
int'ii  oi  boom  of  them. 

Kit-hard  Dale,  a  London  Herald,  identified  the 
escutcheon  on  the  gravestone  of  Nathaniel  Emer- 
son. 1709,  High  street  Burying  ground.  It  was 
rightly  borne  by  Ipswich  Emersons. 

17_'7.  April  11,  dona.  Lummus,  aged  79,  Nath- 
aniel Lord,  73  years ;  knew  William  Searle  late 
of  Ipswich,  had  three  children,  \  iz  : 

Samuel-  -eldest  son. 

William — youngest  son. 

Grace— now  wife  of  Serjt  John  Harris,  of   Ins. 
Widow  Grace  Searle  married  Thomas   Dennis, 
October  26,  1668. 


Mrs.   Deborah   <  Light)  Jewett,  Slratham,  N.  .1 
Horn  Nov.  19,  1749— Died  Jan.  21,  1835 

A   descendant  of  Richard  and  Hannah     >     ■    - 
Smith,    Ipswich. 

Richard  Smith,  sen'r  cam*;  from  Shropbam,  «  . 
Norfolk,  England,  1642.  lie  did  not  come,  (so 
tradition  says.)  with  the  intention  of  living  per- 
manently in  New  England,  but  lus  father-love  led 
him  to  accompany  bis  children  and  se«  them  com- 
fortabl}  settled  ;  then  be  went  back  His  daugb  : 
Elizabeth  married  Edward  ftilman,  jr  .  and  be 
gave  them  a  homestead.  Gilman  Bold  tins  place  to 
his  father  Gilman,  and  removed  to  Exeter,  and 
about  1652  he  Bailed  foi  England  and  died  at  sea 

Mar}  Smith,  another  daughter,  lived  in  Ips- 
wich. She  was  three  times  married:  I.  Philip 
Call,  2.  John  Burr,  3.  Henry  Bennet.  (See  Hist. 
Gen.  Reg.  April,  1875,  Bennet  Family,  bj  John 
to.  Bradbury,  Esq  i  She  died  Jan.  12,  1707-8, 
Her  death  and  the  names  of  her    three    busbandi 

are  on  record  at    [psw  job 


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Richard,  jr.,  the  son,  was  a  young  stripling  of 
considerable  character,  and  destined  to  he  the 
ancestor  of  one  of  the  best  of  our  Ipswich  families 
Richard,  sen'r  bought  for  young  Richard  the  farm 
now  owned  by  Gen.  Sutton.  Richard,  jr  mar- 
lied  Hannah  Cheney  of  Newbury,  Nov.  1660  She 
was  dau.  of  John  and  Hannah  Cheney,  and  born 
Nov  16,  1642  Her  father,  a  shoemaker,  was  in 
Roxbury,  1035,  Newbury  1636  There  is  a  grave 
stone  in  the  High  st.  Yard  with  this  inscription  : 
*k  Here  Lyes  ye  Body  of  Mr.  Richard  Smith,  aged 
82  years.  Died  Sept  the  24,  1714."  Richard  and 
Hannah  (Cheney)  Smith  had  : 
Richard,  who  died  July  22,  1700,  leaving  a  widow 

who  married  a  Wood 
Daniel,  died  June  8.  1755,   aged  82 
Nathaniel,  married  Elizabeth  Puller 
John,  married  Mercy  Adams,  Dec.  4.  1702;  died 

May  20,  1713,  aged  36. 
Joseph,  born  July  1685,  m  Joanna  Fellows,    1710 
Hannah,  married  a  Cha  Iwell.  lived  at  Lynn 
Martha,  married  Jacob  Boardman 
Dorothy,  married  Robert  Rogers,  Dec.  4,  1702 
Elizabeth,  died  unmarried. 

Daniel  2,  son  Rich,  and  Hannah,  was  twice 
married  :  1  Elizabeth  Paine,  dau  of  Daniel  Paine, 
grdauofllobt  Paine  founder  of  the  Grammar 
Scln  ol  ;  and  2.  Deborah  Wicom  of  Rowley.  His 
estate  was  valued  at  £649.  6,  7.  After  his  first 
marriage  he  became  the  owner  of  the  original 
Robert  Paine  Farm  ;  and  it  has  continued  to  be 
held  by  his  descendants.  His  old  farm  house  still 
stands — an  interesting  r^lic. 

The  children  of  Daniel  and  Eliabeth  Paine  : 
Elizabeth,  b  April  7,  1703,  Richard  July  8,  1704 
Daniel,  Sept  2,  1705,  lived    in   Exeter,    and   had 
Daniel    of   Exeter,    Jeremiah,    Ebenezer    of 
J  erideth,    Jabez    of   Brentwood,    Payne   of 
i\  erideth,  and  3  dau.  1  of  whom  was  wife  of 
Dea  John  Tuck  of  Brentwood 
Jeremiah,  Dec.  6,  1707,  died  Dec  17,  1731 
Jabez,  Dec  30,  1709,  lived  at  Hampton 


Moses,  died  early 

Aaron.  Oct.  25,  1713,  H.    C     1731,    minister    of 

Marlboro 
Ezekiel.  died  early,  Dorothy,  m.  Joseph  Sargent. 

By  the  second  marriage   with    Deborah   Wicom 
of  Rowley.  Daniel  Smith  had 
Moses,  born  May  24,  1724  died  1783 
Deborah,  born  Sept  26.  1725,  married  1  Capt  Jno 
Light  of  Exeter,  and  2  Capt  Joseph    Hoit   of 
Stratham.     Capt  Light    was    in    the   French 
War  ;   his  Diary  is  now  in  possession  of  Miss 
S.  F.  Jewett  of  Stratham. 

Mary,  born  Oct  9,  1727,  in  Dane 

Jeremitd),  died  Aug  19,  1735 

Deborah  married,  as  stated  above,  Capt  Light. 
She  was  his  scond  wife.  Hewas  born  Feb  3,  1712 
died  June  1757.  They  were  married  1748,  and 
had  Deborah,  and  Olive  ;  Deborah  was  born  19 
Nov,  1749,  at  Exeter,  she  married  Jacob  Jewett ; 
he  was  born  May  1,  1743  at  Stratham,  and  died 
by  freezing,  the  night  of  Dec  11  and  12.  1787,  at 
Sanbornton,  N  H.  She  died  Jan  21,  1835;  her 
profile  is  at  the  head  of  this  article.  They  had  7 
children. 

Olive.  2d  dau.  of  Jno  and  Deborah  Light,  was 
born  April  12,  1752,  m  Jonathan  Piper  of  Strat- 
ham, Oct  19,  1769;  he  was  born  July  31,  1742, 
died  July  28,  1818;  she  died  Sept  27,  1841  ;  they 
had  14  children. 

Widow  Deborah  (Smith)  Light  became  the  2d 
wife  of  Capt  Joseph  Hoit  of  Stratham.  He  was  b. 
Oct  22,  1717,  anil  died  June  25,  1789;  she  died 
28  sept  1818.  They  had  two  children,  one  died  in 
infancy,  the  other,  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas 
Pearson  of  Newburyport.  Mr  Pearson  died  in 
1833,  aged  81  years. 

Ol  Deborah  (Smith)  Hoit,  a  few  family  tradi- 
tions remain.  She  was  very  lady-like  and  her 
whole  demeanor  evidenced  her  gentle  birth.  Her 
precision  of  character  was  manifest  in  her  habits  ; 
if  the  dinner  was  ready  to  be  put  upon  the  table 
before    the   hour   of  12,   she  waited  till  the  clock 


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struck  hcfore  she  9ai  down.  She  never  retired 
until  Dine  o'clock  ;  no  weariness  or  sleepiness  in- 
duced  her  to  digress  from  this  rule.  She  drank 
tea  at  night  from  the  dainty  little  cups  fashionable 
a  hundred  3'ears  ago ;  and  she  drank  two  cups. 
The  tea  was  made  in  ;i  teapot,  still  preserved, 
which  held  just  the  required  quantity. 

Jacob  Jewett  and  Deborah  (Light)  Jewett  m. 
Apr; i  7.  1768,  and  bad :  Ann.  horn  April  9,  1  769 
married  Jethro  Parsons,  lived  in  Merideth ;  John 
born  May  27,  1771.  m  Ann  Frances  (lark,  lived 
at  Stratbam;  Betsy,  horn  June  13,  L773,  m  rhos 
Wiggin.  Stratham:  Polly,  It.  Aug  I.  L775,  mini  ; 
i/bseph,  lorn  Sepi  1778,  m  Sally  J. each,  lived  at 
Portsmouth;  Aaron,  born  ./an  2  1781,  m  Nanc> 
Smith,  Stratham.  Aaron  was  named  for  the  Rev 
Aaron  Smith,  of  Marlboro,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Elizabeth  (  Paine)  Smith. 

.la  oil  ,/cui'U  was  a  descendant  of  .Max:  Jewett 
of  Rowley,  who  came  from  Bradford.  Dnjj;.  in 
1638,  settled  in  Rowley,  1639,  His  wife  Mary 
came  with  him.  His  second  wife  was  widow  Ann 
Allen,  whom  lie  married  in  1653.  Joseph,  son  of 
Max;  and  Ann  Jewett  was  horn  Feb  1  1654,  in 
Rebecca  Law.  1676  Jonathan  son  Joseph  and 
i  ecca  hom  Men  11.  1679.  died  I7l.">.  ra  Mary 
Wieom.  Jan  24,  1699- 1700.  They  had:  Ensign 
Hoseph.  horn  Dec  :il,  1700,  died  May  2  t ,  1765, 
lived  at  Stratbam;  Benjamin,  April  1.  17<>.">,  m. 
Dorothy  Rogers,  settled  in  Stratham;  Rev.  Jede- 
diah,  in  Elizabeth  Dummer;  Jacob,  m  Bethia 
Boynton,  settled  in  Rowley  ;  Mehitable,  m  Rich: 
Thurston  of  Rowley ;  Mark,  wife  Mary,  settled 
at  Exeter ;  Moses,  m  l/artha  Hale,  lived  at  Exe- 
ter  ;  .fames,  m  Jfartha  Scott,  lived  at  Newbury- 
port  ;    Sarah,  m  Capl   Hoit,  April    16,     1741,     ami 

his  '_M  wife  was  widow  Deborah  (Smith)  Light. 

Of  the  Wicom'a  we  glean:  Capl  Daniel  Wicom 
of  Rowley  was  50  years  old  1691,  married    Wary, 

dan.   Hugh  Smith.  Ocl    11.  1 ' '•  "i ^ .  she  W88     horn     1 

mo.  17.  1642  After  her  death  hem  Lidia  Plan 
widow  of  Abel    Piatt    who    "died    in   \«*  Canada 


\,,\  age."'  Some  of  his  chili  hen  wi-i"  :  3/ary,  bur- 
ied Feb  l.  1660;  Daniel,  married  Sarah  Hazcn, 
IG90;  .1/ar\  born  Nov  1 1 .  1067,  m  Jona.  Jewett, 
Frauces,  born  fl/ch  29,  1675,  m  SamuellJ  ihnson, 
1694  ;  Martha,  m  Daniel  Hardy,  1701-2  ;  Han- 
nah, bom  Feb  •_'  1,  1689. 

Hugh  Smith,  a  fre au  in  1642,  and  Afary    bis 

wife,  had  Mary,  born  1  mo.  17.  1G42,  m  Daniel 
Wlcora ;  Sarah,  8  mo  20,  1643;  Hannah.  1  mo, 
24.1647:  Martha,  12  mo  5,  1648;  John:  Ed- 
ward,   I  mo.   1  -   165  1  ;   Samuel. 


Here    Dyes  ye  body  ol   lohn 

Smith    (son    of  Mr.    Rich 

arcl   Smith    who  ^\  >-.\ 

May  ye  20h    1  713,    aetati  9  36 

Dor  this  departed   soul   &   all  ye   i 
that  Christ    has   purchased    they   shall 
'ho-e  must  transgress 
tie  in  es  of  charity 

who    t'O   objl  ct 

Or   in    the    least    deny 
that   this   immortal   soul 
is   now    convej'i ■■' 
to   heavens  glory 
bv  the  angels  aid 


William  S.  Harris,  writes  from  Windham,  N  11 
'•  It  has  been  found  that  Cobbett's  Pond,  a  beau- 
tiful sheet  of  water  in  Windham,  was  named  for 
Rev  Thomas  Cobbett,  a  minister  of  Ipsa 
1656-85;  who  had  land  laid  out  to  him  on  its 
shores." 

iy  Charles  A.  Sayward,  Esq  .  has  published 
his  fifth  article  on  Our  Earlj  Settlers  in  the  Ips- 
wich Chronicle.  The  subject  is  Ileurv  Pinder, 
1635,  and  his  Ipswich  descendants.  These  arti- 
cles alone  are  worl  I)  '  he  BU 


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Hodgkins  Letters.— Continm  d. 
Sarah  Hodgkins   to    her   husband. 

Ipswich.  Sept.  ye  15,  177G.  My  dear:    \fc. 

Noble  went  through  town  hist  Satterday,  but  he 
was  not  so  good  as  to  call  and  see  me.  I  was 
very  sorry.  I  must  Jest  inform  you  that  cousin 
Ephraim  Perkins  coming  from  the  West  Indeas 
about  three  or  four  weaks  ago,  he  was  got  all- 
must  home,  and  was  taken  on  board  the  Mil  ford 
man-of-war,  where  he  is  yet  with  all  his  hands, 
for  aught  we  know.  Mr.  Ingerson,  Daniel  Good- 
hue, Ezek  Wells,  and  I  can't  tell  who  else  was 
with  him. 

Copt.  Holms  coming  from  the  West  Indeas 
foundered  at  sea,  but  the  men  all  got  home    well. 

Eather  and  mother  send  their  love  to  you. 
Aunt  Goodhue  sends  her  respects  ;  Joanna  sends 
her  duty. 

October  ye  14.  I  have  been  abroad  to  day  up 
to  Uncle  Smith's ;  cousin  Lucy  sends  her  kind 
regards.  I  sent  you  a  pair  of  siockins  for  Thom- 
as by  Cousin  Perkins.  I  would  have  sent  a  shirt 
but  he  could  not  bring  it.  I  did  not  know  of  his 
coming  soon  enough  to  write.  If  you  want  shirts 
or  stockins  due  send  me  word  when  Mr.  Craft 
comes  again,  and  I  will  get  him  to  bring  them. 
Mr  Craft  was  so  good  as  to  call  and  see  me  when 
he  went  through  town.  Eather  and  mother  send 
love;  sister  Chapman  likewise. 

[The  Mr  Craft  referred  to  may  have  been  Ben- 
jamin Craft  of  Manchester,  whose  Journal  is  pub- 
lished in  Hist.  Coll    Essex  Inst.  April,  1861.] 


1667.    A  Busy  Year.  . 

The  year  1667  was  evidently  a  busy  year  with 
Ipswich  carpenters.  We  glean  from  the  Town 
Records  that — Daniel  Davison  had  liberty  to  build 
a  house,  Robert  Dutch  a  corn  house,  Serjt  Burn- 
ham  a  saw  mill,  Robert  Dav  a  barn,  John  Ligh- 
ten a  leanto,  Mr  Epps  a  barn,  Ezekiel  Woodward 
a   shop-house,    Freegrace    Norton    a   house,    Mr 


Wade  an  out  house,  Good  :  Giddings  a  shop- 
house,  Aaron  Pingry  a  house,  Caleb  Kimball  an 
end  to  his  house.  John  Day  a  leanto,  William  Sto- 
ry repaired  his  house,  Robert  Kinsman  built  a 
barn,  John  Hovey  fenced  an  orchard,  Danl  llovey 
had  4  while  oaks  for  his  brother  James  to  work 
out  in  cooper  ware.  Win.  Hayward  made  a  frame, 
Robert  Lowe  a  leanto,  Hem  y  Bennet  an  end  to 
his  house. 

1663.  Thomas  Lovell  built  a  house.  Edward 
Lridges  a  shop,  Goodman  Story  made  two  frames 
and  boards  for  covering,  Seijt  Bnrnham  made  a 
pair  of  great  wheels,  Isaiah  Wood  built  a  little 
house,  George  Smith  added  an  end  to  his  house. 
Andrew  Peeteis  built  a  cider  mill,  John  Choate  a 
shop,  Robert  Dutch  a  barn  and  fences,  William 
Story  put  a  door  to  his  barn,  John  Dane  added  a 
leanto  to  his  house,  William  Hodgkins  ground- 
silled  his  house,  Nicholas  Wallis  built  a  little 
house.  Deacon  Goodhue  a  ware  house,  Robert 
Dutch  a  leanto,  Symon  Staee  end  of  a  house,  An- 
thony Potter  a  leanto  and  barn,  John  Dane  a 
barn,  Richard  Smith  a  leanto,  John  Ncwmarch  a 
house,  John  Caldwell  a  place  to  keep  sheep  in, 
Mr.  Hubbard  [minister,]  shingled  his  house, 
Capt  Appleton  fenced  his  homestead,  J  no  Kinrick 
fenced  his  house,  Robert  Dutch  fenced  his  house, 
John  Caldwell  new  groundsilled  his  house,  the 
meeting  house  was  repaired,  Daniel  Warner  made 
a  frame  for  a  house,  Thomas  Clark  added  an  end 
to  his  house,  Rich:  Hubbard  corn  house,  Robert 
Collins  felled  trees  for  a  frame,  Moses  Pingry 
fenced  his  houselot,  Mr  Symonds  laid  a  barn 
floor,  Francis  Wainwright  built  a  house,  [this 
house  had  brick  ends  and  is  remembered  by  aged 
people  as  the  Wainwrit  brick  '■us.']  Jacob  Perkins 
groundsilled,  Daniel  Hovey  built  a  house,  [it  is 
still  standing  on  Turkey  shore,]  Deacou  Knowl- 
ton  shingled  his  barn,  (he  lived  on  the  corner  of 
Brook  and  East  sts.)  William  Howard  fenced  his 
orchard  and  homestead. 


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1), i  iel  Hovey's  House,  Ipsivich,  Mass.  1668. 
[Drawn  by  Kverett  S.  Hubbard.  1882 
The  very  ancienl  d wt*l H nir  and  wharf  at  the 
northerly  end  of  Turkey  shore,  were  built  and 
owned  by  Daniel  Hovey, — the  ancestor  of  the 
Ipswich  Hoveys.  He  was  in  Ipswicli  in  1637  ll> 
married  Abigail  Andrews,  daughter  of  Roberl 
Andrews.  She  was  sister  of  Mr.  Thomas  An- 
drews, Schoolmaster  of  Ipswich.  Thomas  An- 
drews died  July  10,  1683,  and  bis  nephews,  Dan'l 
Hovey,  jr.  of  Ipswich  and  John  Andrews  of  Sa- 
lem were  appointed  ids  es  en  tors.  Daniel  Hov- 
scnior,  ins  letter  to  the  Probate  Court,  dated 
Sept.  27,  L 688,  states  that  be  had  sis  sons  and  a 
daughter  by  Abigail  sister  of  Mr.  Thomas  Al- 
drews,  "whom  he  matched  with  more   than    fortt 


\«  ars  ago  ;"  and  five  of  these  sons  were  then  liv- 
ing: Daniel,-  John,  Thomas,  Joseph  and  Nath'l. 
1656.  The  will  <  fJohn  Ward,  sometimes  resident 
at  Ipswich  in  Ni  w  Knglan  ',  dated  28  D< 
1652,  gives  hooks  lo  Thomas  Andrews  of  Ips- 
wich, also  his  Chirugrj  chesl  &  all  yt  is  now  in  it. 
The  Town  Records  give  some  glimpses  of  Dan 
iel  Hovej  :  1652.  Daniell  Hovev  bath  libcrt)  to 
set  his  fence  Downe  to  the  River  at  his  mound 
bought  of  William  Knowlton    making 

end.  riie  rod  [road?]  still  notwithstand- 
ing is  the  Towns.  I',  b  14,  1659.  Daniel  Hove} 
bath  Libert)  Granted  vnto  him  to  build  a  wbarfe 
agaynst  his  gr<  und  be  boughl  of  Will  :  Ki  ow  I  n. 
&  also  such  building  as  may  tend  the  improve- 
ment there  of.  1668  He  had  liberty  to  build 
his  house.  1670.  lie  had  liberty  to  fell  trees 
fence  ""his  garden  with  pales,  posts,  & 
make  a   neli  o>.  exel  tree. 

Will  of  1 1   ■   •      Hovey.      1691-2, 

1  Daniel  Hovey,  sen'r.  of  Ipswich,   considering 
the  changes  ol  man  Doe  Desyre   by    the 
the  Lord  to  setle  my  concernes  as  m.i\  be    i 

\  of  god  and  the  good  of  ray  family,  my  soul 
I  desyre  to  resigne  and  commit  into  the  band  of 
my  Loving  father  in  Jesus  Christ  who  i»  the  Lord 
my  righteousness.  My  h  «\y  to  be  decently  buried 
in  earth  in  hope  of  a  glorioui  and  blessed  resui 
rection  by  t  brisl .     Amen. 

Item.    The  estate  which  (  Joe  I  of  in-,    grace    hath 
,:  \<-\\  me,  1  have  disposed  of  as  followeth  : 

|*o  ni\  oldest  sons  Daniel  and  John  Hove^  and 
my  daughter  Ayres,  I  have  given  them  their  por- 
tions of  thai  estate  I  bad  to  our  mutual  content. 
one  at  Ipswich  the  other  at  ropsfleld,  now  in 
their  possession,  Abigail  paid  by  m>  ton  John  to 
m\  son  A  \  res 


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T  Item,  to  my  son  Thomas  and  James  his  son 
Daniel,  1  give  all  that  my  yland  called  Hovey's 
Yland  which  with  the  thatch  banks  and  Low 
marsh  belonging  to  me  on  the  other  side  of  the 
creek  which  I  allowed  Quarter  Master  Perkins  to 
improve,  holding  my  possession  till  1  had  occasion 
for  the  same.  Also  all  that  houses  and  Land  in 
Ipswich  that  I  shall  not  dispose  of  before  death. 

Item  I  give  to  my  sous  Joseph  and  Nathaniel 
Hovey  one  hundred  rods  of  ground  a  piece.  Jos- 
eph bounded  next  to  Mr  Emerson's  land  from  the 
highway  to  t  >at  land  Daniel  Ringe,  Nathaniel  one 
hundred  rod  of  my  land  next  to  my  son  Daniel 
with  the  Dwelling  house,  barn,  part  of  the  orch- 
ard to  butt  on  Daniel  Ringe,  half  planting  lot, 
about  three  .-.cres,  with  a  wav  to  it  over  the  bridge 
1  made  to  go  to  it,  three  acres  at  plum  Island  al- 
*<•  which  lands  I  leave  in  the  hands  of  my  execu- 
tor and  over  seers  that  is  left  after  my  death  to 
be  disposed  of  as  follows  :  The  children  of  Joseph 
Hovey  to  have  an  equall  proportion  of  what  is 
left  al'l<  r  my  death  as  to  their  father  Legate.  The 
children  of  my  son  Nathaniel  to  have  an  equal  pro- 
portion amongst  them,  only  Nathaniel  Hovey, 
the  son  ot  Nathaniel  Hovey  to  have  a  double  pro- 
portion if  he  live  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty. 
If  not  then  to  be  divided  amongst  the  other  chil- 
dren of  that  family. 

Item.  My  moveables  to  my  son  Nathaniel, 
tho^e  sheep  he  hath  of  mine  to  his  children,  my 
erirt  ,and  plow,  irons,  chains,  great  tramell,  great 
brass  kettle,  Iron  Kettle,  little  Iron  pot,  my  pew- 
ter porringer,  and  drinking  cup,  with  one  cham- 
ber pot,  and  my  wife's  wearing  apparel  to  Nath- 
aniel children.  The  other  to  Joseph  his  brother's 
cuildren  :  all  my  wearing  cloaths,  my  great  brass 
pot,  and  i  ewter  quart  pot,  and  my  great  Bible 
and  books  as  follows  :  Come  to  Christ  and  Wel- 
come, Cotton  on  the  Covenant,  Mather's  Seven 
Sermons, Mo  Nathaniel  children.  To  Daniel  grand 

child  those  sheep   with   which and    books 

also,  Christian  Warfare,  Calvin  on  Job,  Ten  Di- 
vines, The  Golden  Sceptre,  with  what  other  books 
undisposed  of  by  me  of  mine  and  such  tools  for 
his  trade  as  are  suitable  of  mine. 

To  Abigail  llodgkins  wife  of  Thomas  Ilodgkins 
the  brass  pan  and  pewter  salt  seller :  ray  part  of 
the  mare  and  colt  to  grand  child  Daniel  and  Ivory 
*  Item.  My  interest  of  Brookfield  and  Swamp- 
field  I  give  to  my  son  Joseph  and  Nathaniel  chil- 
dren. 


Item.  I  make  my  son  Thomas  Executor,  and 
would  have  his  nephew  [Daniel]  in  case  he  lives 
to  age  if  capable  to  j  >in  in  the  same  with  him — 
and  he  pay  out  of  his  part  to  his  brother  James 
and  sister  Priscilla  and  John  Ayres  ten  pounds  a 
piece  within  three  years  after  his  possession,  and 
in  case  of  his  death  I  put  James  Hovey  in  his 
room  and  let  them  four  equally  divide  his  part. 

My  bed,  bolster  and  pillow  with  my  green  rug, 
a  pair  blaukets  with  the  bedstead  to  Daniel  grand 
child. 

I  would  have  my  son  John  at  Topsfield  to  take 
his  possession  with  his  books. 

I  would  appoint  my  loving  sons  Daniel  Hovey 
and  John  Hove}'  to  be  overseers  of  this  mv  last 
wili,  and  see  to  discharge  my  funeral  charges 
which  1  allow  four  pounds  estate  and  to  take  an 
inventory  of  my  estate,  and  discharge  all  my  debts 
and  makej>robate  of  my  will  and  see  his  nephews 
have  their  equal  proportion,  Joseph  and  Nathan- 
iel children  who  have  lately  deceased,  for  which  I 
allow  my  overseers  three  pounds  a  piece  for  their 
care  and  trouble. 

This  is  my  will  as  witness  my  hand  and   seale : 

Daniel  Hovey,  sen'r,  asred  73,  and  going  into 
my  74  this  21  of  March    1691-2. 

Wit:   philemon  Dane,  Thomas  Ilodgkins. 

Proved  October  3,  1692, 

John    Honey  Son 

of  Daniel   Hon 

ey  Jun'r  Died 

August  ye   17 

1720 

aged   45 

years 


Hodgkins  Letters.— Co ntinued. 

In'Camp  at  Port  Constitution.  N.  J.  Sept~"30, 
1776  On  Sataday  ye  14  instant  we  moved  to 
Harlem  and  encamped  on  an  hill  about  9  miles 
from  York,  and  about  12  o'clock  that  night  we 
whare  alarmed  and  marched  about,  one  mile,  and 
then  took  Post  and  staid  till  Sun  Rise,  then  re- 
marched  lum.3  We  had  not  got  Brakfast  before 
there  whas  a  very  heavy  cannonading  at  the  sitty 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


:i:  i  \\c    wliat-   told  that    the  enemy    whai    about 
L  nding  Down  to  harlem  Point,  whare  we  expect- 
lhJ  they  would  land  by  there    n  oti  >n.     But    while 
Mr  Bi  gade  with  two   more    whas    wating   there, 
ih  \  landed  at  a  place  called  Turtal  Bay,   3  or    l 
miles  nearer  York,  and  there  whaa    two   brigades 
there — hut  they  b<  ing  cheafly  milisha,    it  was  Baid 
pat  Two  hundred  of  the   enemy    made    them    all 
1{mh .     So  they   landed  without    much    resistance 
mil  marched  towards  York  and    took    possess  on 
If  the  si  tty  about  four  o'clock   <  n    Sunday.     Now 
ku  must  think    they    were    in   high    spirits    and 
■ought  all  whas  there  own.  So  on  Monday  morn 
Bg  thay  thought  ihay  would  alack  us  with   about 
BOO  men  and  drive    us  all   over    King's   bridge. 
[>ut  thc\  were  much  mistaken.     As    Boon    as    we 
lard  thay  whare  drawing  towards  ns.    the    Gen- 
ii  sent  out  two  hundred  rangers  under  the  com- 
Bind  of  Col.  Knowlton,  who  soon  met  the  Knemy 
nvl  fired  on  them,  and  fought  them  on  the  retreat 
HI'lhey  got  pretty  near  us;  then  the  enemy  halt- 
■d  hack  of  a  hill  and  blowed  a  french  horn,  which 
as  for  a  re-inforcment,  and  as  soon  as   they   got 
t.  they  formed  in  twocoloms.     But  our  Brigade 
■  posted  in  the  edge  of  a  thick  woods,   ami   by 
■■mi'  climbing  up  a    tree    could  see    the  enemy's 
iuii< >t» - .  and  while    they    whare  a   forming,    the 
■oeral  Bent  a  Tarty  to  attack  them,   which    ans- 
Ired  the  end  for  which  they  whare  sent  ;  for  our 
feple  made  the  attack  and  retreated  towards    ns 
Ihe  place  whare  we  wanted  them    to  come,    and 
en  the  Enemy  Rushed  Down  the   Hill    with  all 
eed  to  a  plain  spol  ot  ground,  then  our  Brigade 
arched  out  of  the  woods,  then  a  very  hot  lirebe- 
n  on  both  aides,  and  lasted    for  upward  of  an 
in-.     Then  the  enemy  retreated  up  the  Hill  and 
r  people  followed  them  and  fought  near  an  hour 
iter,  til!  they  got   under  cover   of  their  ships 
ich  was  in  the  North     River.       Then     our    peo- 
h  ft   thl  m. 

the  loss  on  our  side  is  about  10  killed    and    ,;" 
ro  wounded.     There   was   none   killed   in  our 


l:  :-  an  i  I'ut  about  20  wounded.  One  0f  our 
Coi pi  was  badly  wounded  through  his  knee.  But 
I  hope  he  will  do  well. 

["he  loss  on  i  he  enemy  a  le  is  not  Bar  ting,  but 
according  to  t1  e  b  -•  a<  »unts  we  have  bad  they 
Qave  near  500  killed  an  I  near  as  manj  wounded. 
Tie;,  were  seen  to  carry  off  several  wagon  "nads, 
besides  our  people  burryd  a  good  many  that  they 
left. 

We  are  now  on  the  Jersey  hills,  where  we  have 
been  ever  since  the  20  of  this  month,  and  I  hope 
shall  stay  here  the  rest  of  this  campan,  as  I  have 
beenatthe  [Yoble  of  Building  a  Log  House  with 
a  ston  Chimney.  I!a  I  not  L<  dged  on  any  tl 
but  the  ground  since  we  left  Liong  Island. 

Capt.  Wade  has  1  een  sick  and  absent  from  me 
ever  since  the  13  Day  of  this  month,  and  has  this 
moment  got  hear  and  is  pretty  well  again. 

The  Editor  of  the  Ipswich  Chronicle  has  re- 
ceived  from  Mr  F.  H.  Lord  h  copy  of  the  Ipswich 
Register  of  1839.  He  says:  "Doubtless  there 
are  many  copies  of  this  journal  lying  in  the  dust 
and  debris  of  years  in  the  unused  attics  of  this 
town.  It  is  to  be  lamented  that  they  cannot  be 
resurrected  and  a  complete  file  preserved." 

The  Ipswich  Chronicle  publishes  the  following 
versification  ofoneofthe  traditions  of  the    town: 

I  can  remember  \er\    well. 

A  tale  the  old  folks  used  to  tell. 

Of  how   a  street,    well   known    to   fame, 

Received  its  somewhat  curious  name. 

The  oven,  then,  so  long  ago, 

\\  as    built    outride    the    house,    and    BO 

While  the  G Iwife  was  getting  dinner. 

There  came  along  a  tramping  ainner, 
Who.  having  not  the  fear  of  man. 
(  (pencil    the   oven   door   and    ran 
I  he  Pudding  had  so  much  of  heat. 

lie   quickly    dropped    it    iii    the    street. 

And  fearing  in  that  place  to  staj  . 
l\  <-\r<\  it  before  him  on    his  wa\ . 
The  pudding  i>m^  s,,  flrm  at   first, 
\'>\   \ iolence  at  last  was   burst  ; 

And    eve"   since    that   wicked    feat. 

l  ie  thoroughfare  is  Pudding  Street.—  j.k.k. 


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Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  5. 

BIRTHS.— 1661. 
Tbomas,   sonn  of  Thomas    Low,  jr.  borne  14  of 

Aprill,   1661. 
Mighill,  son  of  Mighill  Cresye,  borne  1  of  Aprill 
Alice,  daugb.  of  Thomas  Lord,  borne  16  of  April 
Daniell,  son  of  John  Warner,  borne  16  of  Aprill 
Elizabeth,  daugh  of  John  Annaball,  born  17  Apr. 
Jonathan,  son  of  William  Coggswell  born  26  Apr 
Hannah,  daugh  :  of  Samuell  Varnnm  born  22  May 
Elizabeth,  daugh  :  Samuell  Hunt,  borne  29  May 
Elizabeth,  daugh  :  James  How,  jr.  borne  1  June 
Thomas,  son  of  John  Smith,  borne  7  of  June 
Sarah,  dan  :  of  Edward  Allen,  borne  4  of  July 
Sara,  dau  :  of  John  Kimball,  borne  the  29  July 
Ana,  dau  :  of  John  Caldwell  borne  23  of  August 
Samuell,  son  of  Ralfe  Dix,  borne  28  of  August 
Hanah,  dau.  of  John  Kindriek,  borne  18  Sept 
Mary,  dau:  John  Edwards    borne  15    Octo    1661 
John  son  of  Turfourd  West,  borne  20  Oct  1661 
Mary  daugh  :  Thomas  Stace  borne  7  Novem  '61. 
Robert,  son  Robt  Pearce  borne  7  Novem  :  1661 
Martha,  daugh  John  Gaines,  borne  17  Novem  '61 
Sarah,  dau  Thomas  Waite,  borne  21  Novem  1661 
Elisabeth,  daughter  John  Whipple  tersha,    borne 

12  (10)  1661 
Robert  son  Wm.  Nelson  borne  12  Decern  1661 
Maike,  son  John  Ayres,  borne  the  14  Decern  '61 
Joana,  daghter  Isaiah  Wood,  borne  14  Decern  61 
Deborah,  dau  Coneleous  Waldo  born  14  Jan;1661 
Samuell,  son  of  John  Erench,  borne  26  Feb    1661 
Elizabeth,  dau    Mr.  John  Rogers,  borne  3  of  Feb 
Hanah,  dau  of  Robert  Lord.  jr.  20  Feb  1661 
Mary,  dau  of  Joseph  Saffourd  borne  20  Feb*1661 
Sarah,  dau  Abraham  Fitt,  borne  15  March  1661 
Robert,  son  of  Nicolas  Wallis,  borne  12  March 
Thomas,  sonn  Thomas  French  borne  30  Novem  : 
Isaack,  sonn  Daniell  Ring,  borne  29  Septembar 
Elizabeth,  daught  Wm  Reiner,  borne  28  July 
Mary,  daught.  William  Hodgkins,   borne  6  Aprilj 


Sarah  and  Eliz  :  daught  of  William  Lambert,  bor. 

4  July,  1661. 
Joseph,  sonn  of  Edward  Colborne,  borne  11   Ju.  e 
Sarah,  daugh  Mary  Shefield,  born  19  Feb  1661 . 
John,  sonn  Samuell  Ayres,  borne  the  —  May 
John,  sonn  William  Gutterson  borne  24  March 
John,  son  John  Choate,  borne  15  June 
Josiah,  sonn  Nathaniell  Pyper,  borne  18  Decemb. 
Hanah,  daugh  Tho.  Kemball,  borne  27  January 


March  4,  1634.  It  is  ordered  that  John  Win- 
throp,  John  Humfry  and  John  Endicott,  Esq.  or 
any  two  of  them,  shall  bane  power  to  devide  ye 
lands  att  Ipswitch,  within  4  myles  of  the  towne, 
topticular  psons.  as  in  equity  they  shall  thinke 
meete. 

1639,  June  6.  Ipswich  hath  liberty  to  author- 
ish  Goo  :  Lumpkin  Goodm  :  Firman  or  Goodm  : 
Tredwell  to  drawe  wine  &  strong  water. 

1639,  Nov.  5.  Mr.  John  Norton  granted  200 
acres  of  land. 

1610,  May  13  Robert  Andros,  [Andrews,]  is 
granted  to  draw  wine  at  Ipswtch  wth  the-  condi- 
tion of  the  towne. 

r1040,  May  13.  A  Committee  to  valewe  ani- 
mals in  Ipswich.  Mr.  Willi:  Paine,  Goodm. 
Giddinge  &  John  Whipple. 

June  14,  1642.  Ipswich  shall  have  12  saker 
bulletts  wth  their  guns,  when  they  send  for  them. 

1644,  May  29.  Upon  Zacheus  Goulds  petition 
it  is  conceived  to  be  for  the  generall  Good,  and 
very  convenient  there  should  be  a  village  about 
that  farme,  &  that  the  towne  of  Ipswich  should 
further  them  therein. 

1645.  Mr  John  Whitingham  is  confirmed  leift, 
and  Thomas  Howlet  ensigne,  at  Ipswich,  acco  to 
yir  choyce. 


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NO.     XXXI. 


Deacon  John  Stanif  rd's  Seal.  1694. 
John  Staniford,  ancestor  of  the  Ipswich  Stam- 
fords, was  born  1648  He  bears  the  title  of  Mr. 
i„  his  young  life,  and  Deacon  in  his  old  age.  .11" 
was  u  man  of  intellectual  qualities  and  much  oc- 
cupied  with  duties  which  require  legal  knowledge. 
S  eral  early  wills  are  in  his  hand  writing;  and 
three  arc  Bealed  with  his  seal,  viz  Obadiab  Wood. 
IC94,  William  Caldwell.  1694,  Madame  Rebekah 
Symonds,  1695  A  picture  of  the  seal  Mr  A.  W. 
Dowehas  made  for  this  paper,  from  a  drawing  by 
Mr.dlammatt. 

John  Staniford  married   Margaret   Harris,    and 
had  at  least  nine  children  : 

i.  Thomas,  born  I680,died  17  1".  married  Han- 
nah Rindge. 

ii.  .John,  who  was  a  Deacon,  died  Mch  1.  L752 
iii.    William,    hern  April  6,  1684.     He    died    be- 
fore his  father,  leaving  a  Bon  Benjamin. 
iv.   Ebenezer,  horn  1686,  died  young. 
v.  Samnel,  horn  Aug.  --'7.  1688,  married  widow 
Mary  Chadwell,  Aug  13,  1  -  15. 

vi".  Elizabeth,  married  William  Martin,  7m0 
26th,  1713. 

vii.  Jeremiah,  born  Sept.  6,  1693,  the  ancestor 
of  Mis    Kendall. 

viii  Margaret,  born  No\  29,  1695,  married 
Robert  Calef,  Nov.  3,  L723,  and  was  the  mother 
0f  Dr.  Joseph  Calef,  the  tory. 

|X.  Tryphena.  born  March  21,  1698,  married 
Philip  Lord,  17"-" 


Mar- 
Died 


I  leacon  John  staniford  died  in  1 7.;".     His  old 
gravestone  can  yet  be  seen  : 

llcrc  Lyes  Buried 

Ye    Body    Of    Deacon 

JOHN     STANIFORD 

Aged  82  years 
Deed  May  ye  27   1730 

The  death  of  his  wife  is  thus  recorded  ■ 
garet,  Relict  wido  of  Dea'n  John  Staniford, 
Ma}  181  l7.".o.  Kt  93."  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Martha  (Lake)  Harris,  and  was 
born  August  6,  1657.  She  was  named  for  her 
grandmother,  Margaret  Lake,  who  died  in  Ips- 
wich, 1672.  Margarel  Lake  was  the  wife  of  John 
Lake  and  daughter  of  Edmund  Read,  and  sister 
of  Elizabeth  Head  who  married  John  Winthrop, 
jr.  (founderof  Ipswich,)  and  sister  also  of  Mar- 
tha Read  who  married  (  I  )   Daniel  Epps,  and 

Dep.  GOV.  Symonds.  Margaret  hake  had  three 
children:  John,  Hannah  and  Martha;  Hannah 
married  (apt  John  Gallup,  killed  al  Narragansett 
Dec  19,  1675;  Martha  married  Thomas  Hani- 
and  lived  in  Ipswich.  The  will  of  Margaret  Lake 
is  very  quaint.  She  gave  her  grandaughter  Mar- 
garet Staniford,  a  carved  box,  a  damask  table 
.•loth,  and  six  damask  napkins. 

The  Manifolds  and  Harrises  were  also  remem- 
bered in  the  will  of  Ma. lame  Rebekah  Symonds 
the  last  wife  of  Dep.  Gov.  Symonds;  Bhe  calls 
them  cousins,  probably  because  a  formei  wife  of 
Mi.  Symonds  was  their  aunt.  "I  Giue  Unto  mj 
Cousine    Martha     Hani-,    a    g I     new    Scarfe  of 

iall  valine  with  my  best  scarfe.  '  '•  IGiue  unto 
m\  Cousine  John  Staniford  one  of  my  Gould  ringa 
and  Three  pounds  in  monj .' 

Thomas  Staniford  2,  son  of  John  I  and  Mar- 
garet (Hani-. i  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Capt.   Daniel  and  Hannah  |  Perk  R    idge,    gr. 

,luu.    Daniel    and  Man 


Kinsman)    Rindj 


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father's  town  house  was  on  Turkey  Shore,  and 
his  farm  was  at  the  Hamlet,  adjoining  the  farm 
known  to  people  of  to-day  as  Dane's. 

Thomas  2  and  Hannah  (Rindge)  Staniford  bu- 
ried one  son  in  the  freshness  of  his  youth  : 

JOHH    STANIFORD,    Son 

to  Mr  Thomas  &   Mrs 

Hannah    Staniford 

Aged  18  Years  and  2  Mo 

Deed  June  ye  29,  1727. 

The  epitaph  of  Mr.  Thomas  2,  is; 

Here  Lyes  Buried 
the  Body  of 
MR.  THOMAS    STANIFORD. 

who  departed  this  life 

Augt  ye  23d  1740  in  the  60 

year  of  his  age. 

Thomas  3,  son  Thomas  2,  married  Sarah  Burn- 
ham,  November  11,  1732. 

Daniel  3,  son  Thomas  2,  was  born  in  1717, 
and  was  graduated  at  H.  C.  1738.  He  married 
Mary  Burnham,  and  had  one  son  and  seven 
daughters  He  was  for  six  years,  1740-G,  the 
Grammar  School  master. 

Widow  Mary  (Burnham)  Staniford  was  a 
graceful  lady.  She  became  the  second  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  the  seven  daughters  accompanied  their  moth- 
er to  the  Rogers  manse,  and  the  house  was  the 
centre  of  wit,  beauty  and  brilliancy.  Six  of  the 
daughters  married  : 

Mary  married  Rev.  Joseph  Dana,  D.  I). 

Hannah  m.  Thomas  Dodge,  Esq. 

Margaret  m    Dr  Josiah  Smith. 

Sarah  m.  Hon.  John  Heard. 

Abigail  m.  Dr.  Joshua  Fisher. 

Martha  died  unmarried  at  the  residence  of  her 
brother-in-law,  the  Hon.  John  Heard.  We  have 
been  told  that  there  is  a  Stuart  portrait  of  her. 


It  was  so  cold  June  o,    1673,    that   linen    froze 
stiff  upon  the  line. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  6. 
DEATHS.— 1661. 
Robert,  son  of  Abraham  Fitt,  dyed  15  June,  1661 
Thomas  Lee  dyed  the  23  March,  1661 
Henry  Pindar  dyed  the  6  of  February  1661 
Elisabeth,  daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  Cobbitt  dyed 

13  Agust   1661 
Jonathan  son  Isaack  Foster  dyed  in  May  15,  1661 
Elizabeth,  daught  of  Symon  Tompson  dyed  about 

12  June  1661 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  Allen  died  10  Febru  : 
Hanah,  daughter  of  John    Kindrick,   dyed  20    of 

Decern!). 
Daniell  Ringe  dyed  in  February,  1661 
William  Adams  dyed  1661 
Thomas  sonn  of  Thomas  French  dyed  14  Decemb 

MAR  RIAGES.— 1661 . 
Samuel  Rogers  and  Sarah  Wade  marred  13    No- 

vemb.  1661. 
William    Averill    &    Hanah   Jackson  marred  31 

July,  1661 
Joseph  Goodhue  «fc  Sarah  Whipple  13  July   1661 
Henry  Ossborne  and  Mary  Marchent,  May  1 
Nathanell  Wells  &  Liedia  Thurlley,  29  octob 
Nathanell  Tredwell  &  Abigail  Wells,  19  June 
Kilicres  Ross  and  Mary  Gaily,  9  of  May 
John  Low  &  Sarah  Thorndick,  Decern  :  10 
Rich  :  Walker  &  Sarah  Story,  29  of  Octobar 
Moses  Bradstreet  and  Elizabeth  Harris  11  March 
Abraham  Perkins  &  Hannah  Beamsly,  Octobar  6 


In  October,  1648,  some  shallops  of  Ipswich, 
having  been  fishing  all  the  Summer  at  Mouhig- 
gin,  in  their  way  home  were  intended  to  put  in  at 
DamariU's  Cove  on  a  Saturday  night,  and  three 
of  them  gat  safe  into  the  harbor's  mouth  before 
sundown.  They  in  the  fourth  shallop  were  not 
willing  to  put  forth  their  oars  till  it  was  very  late 
in  the  afternoon,  when  they  were  becalmed,  and 
so  it  was  dark  night  before  they  could  reach  the 
harbor,  the  entrance  of  which  they  missed,  and  by 


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that  means  were  over-raked  by  the  Biirfofthc  sea 
all  drowned ;  lour  Englishmen  and  one  Inuian, 
and  the  goods  all  perished.  Their  friends  called 
to  them  i<>  make  baste  ;  Imt  the  sluggard  is  w  iser 
in  his  own  i'\i".  than  seven  men  that  can  render 
a  reason.- — Hubbard. 


Some  one  has  very  kindly  sent  us  an  Ess<  s 
Register,  Jan.  11.  1827,  and  several  interesting 
and  historical  advertisements.  One  is  the  earli- 
est notice  of  the  Ipswich  Female  Seminary —  an 
Institution  that  has  given  Ipswich  a  reputation 
everywhere.  We  wisb  Borne  one  would  write  a 
History  of  the  Seminary  as  Mr  Hammatt  did  of 
the  i .  i  ammar  School  : 

IPSWICH    CLASSICAL    SEMINARY. 

The  subscriber  respectfully  informs  the  public 
that  he  expects  to  open  a  SEMINARY  for  young 
Ladies'at  Ipswich.  Mass.,  on  the  last  Wednesday 
in  April.  The  location  being  in  a  pleasant 
healthful  village,  with  a  new  and  spacious1  edifice 
erected  for  its  accommadation,  and  under  circum- 
stances in  which  the  Instructor  and  the  Inhabit- 
ants intend  nothing  shall  be  wanting  to  meet  the 
reasonable  expectations  of  Patrons  and  Pupils, 
either  with  respect  to  terms,  studies  or  accomo- 
dations it  is  confidently  hoped  their  share  of  pat- 
ronage from  abroad  will  not  be  inconsiderable. 

Foi  more  detail  of  information,  reference  must 
be  had  to  hand  bills,  which  have  been  extensively 
circulated,  or  may  be  had  by  application  to  the 
Subscriber.  HERVEY   WILBUR. 

Ipswich.    Api  il  20,   1  S26. 

Almosl  a  hundred  years  before  the  opening  of 
the  Seminary,  Madame  Rogers,  widow  of  Doct'r 
Samuel  Rogers,  taught  young  ladies  the  accom- 
plishments of  her  day.  She  was  a  lady  of  native 
ilegance  of  manner,  and  her  school  became  so 
►opular  that  Misses  from  Boston,  Salem,  New- 
niryport,  Portsmouth  and  otbei    town-   came    to 


her  for  instruction.  Her  house  Stood  where  the 
South  Church  now  stands  She  was  evident!}' to 
hei  generation  what  Mrs.  (  owles  baa  been  to  the 
Ipswich  of  today. 


1782,  Feb'y  19th.  Captn  John  Calef  was 
drowned  on  the  Lack  of  Plumb  Island  in  attempt- 
ing to  go  on  Shore  from  a  vesel  drove  upon  the 
Beach,  in  hir  Return  from  the  west  Indies,  he 
was  the  oldest  son  of  Dr.  J  no.  and  .Mis.  1  Jorothy 
Calef  of  Ipswich,  And  died  at  about    28    years  of 

age. March   ye     14th   died    Lieut     Samuel 

Bumham,  Son  of  Captn  Thomas  Puruham.  he 
died  of  a  Consumption  brought  on  by  the  hard- 
ships  of  the   (amp.  1783,    Jfarcb    the  1st. 

Heard  of  the  Death  of  Oaptn  Afoses  Harris 
aboard  a  prison  ship  at  New  York,  also  thedeatb 
of  Willi«m  Pus:,  a  young  man.  —  Frisbie. 

I6G3.  Henry  Ossborne  and  Hanniel  Bosworth 
to  keepe  the  heard  ofCoweson  the   north  syde  of 

the  river,  one  of  them  to  take  tin wa  at    Scott's 

Pane  &  blow  a  home  att  the  meting  house  greene 
in  \ e  morning. 

1663.     Richard    Kimball   hath    liberty    to   fell 

trees    to    make    wheels    William    Searle    to 

make  seats  for  the  meeting  house. Mt  John 

Rogers  granted  white  okes  to  fence  his  orchyard. 
Mi  William  Coggswell  foure  white  oakes. 

Sparke's  Tavern,  opposite  the  soldier's  monu- 
ment.— Fune  8,  1671.  I  pon  request  of  some  of 
the  Inhabitants  of  this  Towne  to  the  Selectmen 
for  John  Sparke  to  have  liberty  to  draw  beere  of 
a  pany  a  quart  to  such  a>  ma\  have  need  to  make 
vse  of  it.  The  selectmen  doth  grant  him  license 
Boe  to  doe  pvided  he  obserues  the  orders  of  the 
genii  court,  nor  at  any  time  to  entertaine  any  In- 
habitants in  the  night,  nor  suffer  anj  pson  to  buy 
liquors  to  drinke  in  Ins  bouse  or  wine 

1671.    Jan.  26.     Andrew    peter-— his   license 

to  keep  an  Inn  be  withdrawn  on    acct  of   his   : 

can  iage  at  mils  brook. 


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COL.    NATH'L    WADE   TO    HIS  MOTHER. 

In  the  collection  of  Hodgkins  Letters  in  posses- 
sion of  Mr.  Francis  H,  Wade,  we  find  the  follow- 
ing letter  written  by  Nathaniel  Wade  to  his  moth- 
er at  Ipswich  : 
To  Mrs.  Ruth  Wade  in  Ipswhich,    New  England. 

In  Camp  at  fort  Constitution ;  New  Jersey, 
Oct  1st,  177G.  Hon'rd  Mother:  Two  Days  a  go 
I  Reed  Yours  By  the  Post ;  by  which  I  have  the 
happiness  to  hear  of  your  health  ;  as  Likewise  the 
Rest  ot  my  friends  :  two  Days  affter  my  Last  to 
you  I  was  taken  very  Unwell ;  and  being  to  Sick 
to  tarry  in  Camp,  1he  Col.  thought  twas  Best  for 
me  to  go  into  the  country,  as  they  ware  Remov- 
ing the  Sick  from  York  and  other  Hospitals  ;  they 
carried  us  to  toppan,  a  town  27  miles  up  the 
River  on  the  jersey  Shore  ;  we  ware  Removed  on 
Saterday  the  Day  Before  the  Enemy  Landed  on 
the  Island  of  York.  Yesterday  I  came  to  Camp, 
and  have  my  health  Piety  Well.  Blessed  be  God 
for  it.  I  am  Not  able  to  Give  you  a  Perticuler 
Account  of  the  Action  as  I  was  Not  Present;  tis 
Like  you  may  have  a  Regular  Acct,  as  there  will 
many  write  that  was  Present  at  the  time  of  the 
Action.  We  are  now  Incamped  on  the  jersey 
Shore,  nearly  opposite  to  where  we  were  when  I 
wrote  Last ;  the  Enemy  are  Encamped  where  we 
ware  at  Bloomingdale  ;  they  have  Been  Very  Still 
Since  the  Battle  ;  it  is  Generally  thought  there 
Next  attempt  will  be  on  this  Shore  ;  as  they  ware 
disappointed  of  possessing  themselves  of  King's 
Bridge  as  they  expected.  We  have  considrable 
Number  of  troops  Now  Sick.  But  the  Rest  in 
Good  Spirits  ;  though  they  have  Been  much  fa- 
tigued. 

1  had  no  man  killed,  &  but  only  one  slightly 
wounded.  The  young  man  Allen  I  made  men- 
tion of  wounded  in  my  last,  had  his  arm  taken  of 
and  is  since  dead.  Our  loss  in  the  late  ingagement 
was  about  one  hundred  thirty  killed  and  wound- 
ed, and  that  of  the  enemy  more  than  three  to  one. 


From  the  best  acct  we  Can  Get  about  one  third 
part  of  the  Citty  was  consumed  in  the  late  fire  ; 
how  the  fire  took  we  are  not  able  to  inform  you 
as  yet. 

You  write  you  shall  send  a  couple  a  pair  of 
Stockings  bv  the  Post,  which  will  be  very  accept- 
able, for  there  are  none  to  be  had  here.  If  you 
have  a  chance  toby  any  Linnen,  Either  Irish  or 
any  other,  I  should  be  Glad  of  Enough  for  three 
or  four  shirts.  I  lost  but  a  few  things  on  Long 
Island,  though  many  others  Did. 

I  now  conclude  with  my  Love  to  my  Dear  Sis- 
ter Polly,  brother  and  sister,  with  all  my  friends ; 
wishing  you  all  well,  and  that  you  may  be  blessed 
with  all  the  happiness  in  life  and  happy  in  the  life 
to  come  is  the  Desire  of  your  affectionate  son, 

Nath'l  Wade. 

I  have  Sent  here  inclosed  one  hundred  Dollers, 
which  I  wish  vou'l  Be  so  Good  as  to  take  into 
your  Care. 

June  ye  27,  1785  Died  Colo.  Isaac  Dodge,  at 
about  11  o'clock  in  the  evening,  ofacholerea 
morbus,  after  being  sick  with  it  about  three  days. 
He  was  about  53  years  of  age,  and  a  man  of 
great  activity  &  Business,  and  a  usefnl  member 
of  Society.  He  was  the  5th  person  of  Considera- 
ble Note  who  have  died  in  this  Town  within  a 
few  months— the  others  were  Captn  Choat,  Mr. 
Hubbard,  Mr.  Lummus,  &  Colel.  Baker. 

Frisbie  Notes. 


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Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year. 
Three   copies    50c.   Six  copies  $1. 

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Il-W  ICH,     MAsx..     .11  NE,      1882. 


NO.     XXXII. 


From    t  ie    l|>-\\  uli   Chronicle. 


MAJOR-GENERAL    DANIEL     DENISON. 

Mi:  Editor:  The  twentieth  of  September 
in  \  wi  1  he  the  IA\<>  Hundredth  Anniv  rsaty  of 
the  Death  of  Major  Gem  r.-i  Daniel  Demson  who 
was  not  only  a  very  prom'nenl  ai.d  influential 
man  in  tl  e  eai  j  history  of  our  town,  but  a  ver> 
able  and  tilicit'iit  nun  :n  tin*  Colony,  serving  it 
in  various  capacities  from  1634  to  1682,  the  year 
ifhisdtath  'That  he  was  highly  appreciated  bj 
1  i^  low  nsmen,  i  ur  t<  wn  re  lords  furnish  abundant 
evidence.  No  nthir  man  who  has  ever  lived  in 
Ipswich  was  ever  so  highly  honored  as  was  Gen- 
eral Denison  by  t  hi  efforts  which  v  <  re  made  bj 
his  townsmen  to  retain  him  among  them  as  their 
military  Leader  Upon  him  they  relied  for  safety 
from  Imlian  attacks,  and  whilehe  remained  among 
them  tln-\  fell  b<  <  ure.  Ind  ed.  the  entire  (  olonj 
ni  Massachusetts  seemed  to  have  placed  the  ut- 
mosl  confidence  in  i  is  militar}  skill  and  judgment 
and  no  where  do  wc  Bnd  such  confidence  was 
misplaced. 

buch  a  man  settled  in  our  town,  lived  and  died 

among ■  ancest«  rs,  and  his  last  resting  place  is 

In  our  midst.  It  seems app  opriate  that  we  should 
in  some  v.  a -,  recognize  the  work,  worth,  and  util- 
it  j  of  bucIi  a    man.   and    keep    his    memoi  \   fi esh 

aim  ing  US. 

At  the  suggestion  and  requestof  several  gentle- 


men who  are  interested  in  the  matter,  I  invite 
all  wlio  would  be  interested  in  commemorating  the 
Two  Hundredth  Anniversary  of  bis  death,  to 
Hire;  at  the  Seminar}  budding  on  Friday  evening, 
Jul}  28.  1882,  at  eight  o'clock,  to  make  arrange- 
ments therefor.  (IIA>     A.   SA1  \\  ARD. 


Uea.  Jacob  Harris,    Ashlurnham,    1826. 

i  Born  at  Ipswich,   1741.) 

SERGEANT     JOHN     HARRIS, 

.  ind  some  of  I  is  Dest  ■  nd  tnts 

Bl     WILLIAM    SAMUEL    HARRIS,     WINDHAM,     K.    H. 

Sergeant  John  Harris  died  in  Ipswich,  Nov.  21 
17.".-!.  £tatis  82;  he  was  born  therefore  about 
1650.  He  married  Jan  R,  1685,  Grace,  daughter 
of  William   and    I  •  Si  of  Ipswich.     She 

died  June  10,  17 12      S  a  and    <  Jrace  bad 

the  following  children  born  in  Ipswich: 

\\  ill  am  born   Noveml  ei   26,   1690 
Rebecca  born  January    11,    II 
Samuel  b<  m  A|  ril   9,   1 1 
Martha  boi  h    I  December  2   1698 
Daniel  born  November   22,   1700 
Richard  baptized   November  25,   1 705 

Richard  Harris  and  Martha  Foster  were  pub- 
lished  Ma\     10,    i735  ;  Bhe    was  the  daughter  ol 


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Jacob  and  Martha  Foster,  and  wus  horn  in  Ips- 
wich the  16th  of  the  10th  month,  1710,  and  died 
in  Harvard  Sept  8,  175G.  He  married  (2)  Mrs. 
Fhebe  Atherton,  nee  Wright,  widow  of  John  Ath- 
erton.  Richard  Harris  removed  from  Ipswich  to 
Harvard  in  1743  and  died  there  Dec.  20.  1776, 
aged  71  years  and  20  days.  Richard  and  Martha 
had  ten  children. 

Jacob,  the  fourth  child,  was  baptized  in  Ipswich 
February  15.  1741.  Rebekah,  the  seventh,  was 
born  in  Harvard,  March  25,  baptized  27.  1748. 

Jacob,  (whose  portrait  is  at  the  head  of  this 
article,)  lived  in  Harvard  from  the  age  of  two  yrs 
until  early  manhood,  when  he  settled  in  Ashburn- 
ham.  He  joined  the  Congregational  chinch  in 
Ashbnrnham.  1769;  was  Deacon  from  1788  till 
death.  In  1825  he  went  to  Windham,  N.  H., 
and  died  there  Sept.  26  of  that  year  ;  is  buried  in 
W.  He  married  (1)  October  26,  1769,  Elisabeth 
daughier  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Winchester,  first  min- 
ister of  Ashbnrnham.  He  married  (2)  August21, 
1783,  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Warren,  nee  Merriam  ;  he 
married  (3)  1792,  Mrs  Ruth  Fratt,  nee  Pool, 
widow  of  Edward  Fratt.  Dea  Jacob  had  seven 
children,  one  of  whom  was  Rev.  Samuel  Harris, 
Fastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Windham, 
N.  II.  from  1805  to  1826;  another  was  Jacob,  jr. 
a  ruling  elder  in  the  same  church  many  years. 

The  portrait  of  Dea  Jacob  given  in  this  num- 
ber was  copied  [by  Arthur  W.  Dowe,]  from  a 
hand  sketch  drawn  in  1826,  shortly  before  his 
death  at  the  age  of  85  years. 

Rebekah  Harris,  sister  of  Dea  Jacob,  married 
Grover  Scollay,  Nov  4,  1779  ;  lived  in  Ashburn- 
ham  ;  she  died  in  Rindge,  N.  H.,  March  21. 
i8l9.  Grover  and  Rebekah  joined  the  Cong'l 
church  in  Ashburnham,  1796 ;  they  had  five 
children  of  whom  the  oldest  was  Samuel,  born 
January  21,  1781. 

Samuel  Scollay,  [see  profile,]  was  graduated  at 
H.  C.  1808  ;  taught  in  a  private  family  and  stud- 
ied medicine  a  few  years  in  Virginia,  and  gradua- 


Samuel  Scollay,   M.  I).  1822 

ted  in  medicine  at  the  University  at  Pennsylva- 
nia, 1816  ;  practiced  in  Smithfield,  Jefferson  Co 
Va  (now  West  Va  )  where  he  died  Jan  11.  1857. 
He  was  one  of  the  m<  st  distinguished  physicians 
in  Jefferson  Co.  He  married  (1)  Jan  21.  1822, 
Harriot  Lowndes;  he  m  (2)  Jan  21,  1842,  Sally 
Page  Nelson,  grandatighter  of  General  Thomas 
Nelson,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. She  still  lives  in  Smithfield  Dr  Scollay 
had  eight  childwm.  The  above  profile  was  cut  in 
wood  by  Mr.  Dowe,  from  the  original. 

[Query:  Who  was  the  father  of  Serg't  John 
Harris?  There  were  four  John  Harrises  living  in 
Ipswich  at  the  same  time  Can  any  one  help  us 
to  distinguish  the  families  to  which  they  severally 
belong?] 

FROM  OLD  NEWSPAPERS. 

Copied  by  Wm.  Kelby,  Ass't  Lib'n  N  Y  Hist  So. 

Ipswich,  Sept.  16.  On  Thursday  last.  Dyed 
the  Rd.  Mr  William  Hubbard,  Minister  of  the 
Gospel,  Aged  83  Years.  One  of  the  first  that 
took  his  Degree  at  Cambr.  in    N.   England. — Th< 


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Boston    Sews  Letter,    No    22,    Sept.    18.   1704 

Ipswich.  -I ill \  l'i»  On  Sabbath  the  8th  Currant, 
Lydia  Potter,  Wile  of  Samuel  Potter  was  found 
dead,  having  cat  her  own  throat;  who  about  a 
week  before  had  done  the  like.  but  was  found 
alive  and  atitched  up  again;  she  was  a  Woman 
who  was  several  years  Distracted —The  Boston 
News- Letter,  No  66,  July  23,  I70n 

Ipswich,  July  \'->  Yesterday  there  was  two 
women  kill'd  with  Lightning  at  Cape  Anne  [Ms 
note  on  margin,  "  Wife  ^  nnB  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Daj  '  ]  —  The  Boston  Ni'ws- Letter,  No.  118, 
July  i'-'.  1  70G 

Ipswich,  l-'i  in  15th.  George  Jaffrey,  Ksqr. 
Of  Her  Mejestie'w  Council  for  the  Province  of 
New-Hampshire,  came  hither  from  Boston  on 
Monday  the  3d  Currant  bound  Ik  me  ward  for 
Piscataqiia,  and  w:is  taken  sick  here,  so  could 
proceed  no  farther;  he  Dyed  on  Thursday  the 
1 3th  Instant,  very  much  Lamented  of  all  that 
knew  him.  being  a  Genl'eman  of  Publick  Spirit, 
and  is  to  he  interred  on  Monday  the  17th Currant. 
— The  Boston  News-Letter,  No.  148,  Feb.  17, 
1706. 

Ipswich,  Nov  27.  On  Thursday  last  in  the  Fore 

noon  died  here  Mrs  Grace  Graves,  Widow,  in  the 
99th  Year  of  her  Age  She  was  one  of  the  first 
Keniale  Knglish  Children  that  was  B  >rn  at  Boston 
in  New  England  ;  she  retained  her  reason  and 
understanding  to  a  good  decree  to  the  last  — The 
Boston  Weekly  News- Le Iter    No     1401,    Dec  .".. 

1730. 

(  To  be  ( 'ontinned  ) 

[  What  was  the  maiden  name  of  Mrs  Graves, 
whose  deal  li  ia  recorded  aboi  e  ?  ] 

Prom  some  source  we  have  made  the    following 
minute  concerning  Mr.  Jaffrej .  mentioned  above  : 
—  Hon  George  Jaffrey  died  at  the    house  of  Col 
Appleton,  at  Ipswich,  whom  he  was  visiting.  Feb 

13,   1706        I  lis  portrait  painted  l>\  Smibert,  'cop- 


ied from  an  earlier  picture,)  represents  him  in  the 
ioi.es  of  Chief  Justice — red  trimmed  with  ermine. 
He  wore  a  large  wig.  He  was  Chief  Justice  of 
Superior  Court.  Speaker  of  House  of  Assembly 


ABSTRACTS. 

B1     9IDNE1     PERLE1  .   i  SQ   .    BOXI  ORD. 

Documents  rec.  in  Registry  of  Deed9,  (Ipa    Re 
at    Salem,   concerning   Ipswich      Figures  in 
parenthesis    refer    to  page  of  copy,  the 
others  to  original  R 

William  Whitred  of  Ipswich,  carpenter,  mort- 
gages to  William  Tinge  of  Boston,  merchant,  his 
house,  houselot,  &c.  and  land  by  Egypt  River, 
3  Dec.  1639  —Vol  1.  f.  2,  (5) 

Daniel  Denison  of  Ipswich  confirms  to  Hum- 
phrey Griffin  of  Ipswich  his  dwelling  house.  &c. 
near  the  mill  in  Ipswich,  18  dan  1641  :  witness*  - 
Simon  Bradstreet  and    Robert    Andrew —Vol  1. 

r  2,  (6  ) 

llenrv  Greene  of  Ipswich,  mortgages  his  house, 
ifcc.  for  five  years  to  Daniel  Denison  of  Ipswich, 
I  April,  1642  —Vol.  I,  f.  2,  (7.) 

William  Novill  of  Ipswich,  aingleman,  makes 
his  will  2  :  1"»  :  1643,  and  gives  Mary  Whipple  his 
Bible,  and  to  her  and  the  rest  ol  my  M'r  Children 
that  which  my  master  oweth  me,  also  what  my 
dame  oweth  me ;  the  I8d  which  Philip  Fowler 
oweth  me  I  give  to  William  Robinson;  also  to 
William  Gooderson  my  interest  in  the  team  hired 
of  Mr  Bradstreete,  and  in  the  ground  hired  of  Mr 
Garner,  being  partner  with  William  Robinson  ; 
also  another  agreement  wherein  William  Robin- 
rod  and  I  are  partners.  Also  bequeathe  to  Goodj 
Langton  the  seed  wheat  ;  to  Mary  Langton  that 
which  Goodman  Horton  oweth  me ;  gives  to  Jo- 
seph Langton.  Sarah  Langton  ami  John  Woodam, 
Ann  Whipple,  Goodman  Quilter,  Roger  Lang- 
ton, ex  :  witnesses  Joseph  Morse  and  Thomas 
1  torman  ;  will  proved  7  mo  1643.  Vol  l .  f  6  I  I 
[  To  he   i  lontinued  j 


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From  the  Ipswich  Chronicle. 

In  another  column  of  this  issue  may  be  found  an 
invitation  to  our  readers,  signed  by  one  of  our 
citizens  to  assist  in  the  very  praiseworthy  attempt 
to  commemorate,  upon  the  two  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  his  death,  the  life  and  services  of  one 
of  the  prominent  men  in  the  early  history  of 
Massachusetts  Cclony.  There  is  no  reason  why 
this  anniversary  of  the  death  of  General  Uenisou 
should  not  be  made  the  occasion,  by  our  citizens, 
of  exercises  that  will  promote  an  interest  in  the 
early  history  of  the  town.  Too  little  is  ever  likely 
to  be  known  of  the  goings  and  comings,  the  strug- 
gles and  trials  of  our  forefathers  on  this  rugged 
soil,  and  the  more  we  become  familiar  with  their 
daily  lives  the  stronger  is  our  admiration  for  the 
manner  in  which  they,  by  their  sterling  independ- 
ence, carved  out  the  incipient  stages  of  our  pres- 
ent civilization.  This  celebration  will  be  an  honor- 
to  the  town,  and  to  him  whose  memory  it  is  de- 
signed to  commemorate,  if  our  citizens  take  hold 
of  the  matter  with  the  spirit  with  which  their  stur- 
dy progenitors  entered  upon  that  which  their 
hands  found  to  do. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  7. 
BIRTHS.— 1662. 

Thomas  sonn  of  Robert  Kinsman  borne  the  15  of 

Aprill  1662 
John  son n  of  Henry  Ossborne  borne  6  of  Aprill 
William  sonn  of  William  Averill  borne  1  ot  may 
Martha  daught  of  Ezekiell   Woodward   borne  3  of 

May 
John  son  of  Killicese  Ross  borne  9th  of  May 
Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Goodhue  born  18  of  May 
Jacob  son  of  Jacob  Foster  borne  15  of  May 
Thomas  sonn  of  John  Knowlton  borne  19  of  May 
Nathaniell  son  of  Robert  Collings  borne  18  June 
James  son  of  Abraham  Foster  borne  12  of  June 
Mary  daughter  of  Renold  Poster  borne  18  June 
John  son  Gyles  Birdly  borne  the  13  July 
Rebecka  daught  Cornelious  Waldo  borne  28  Jan 
Abigaill  daughter  of  Nathaniell   Wells    borne   the 

17  August 
Hanah  daught :  of  William  Story  borne  19  Au^st 


Elizabeth  daughter  of  Andrew  Peeters   borne  the 

26  August 
Elizabeth  daugh  of  Eld  ward  Deare  born  22  Aug 
Caleb  son  Caleb  Kimball  borne  the  8  Septemb  : 
Eleazer  son  of  John  Warner  borne  13  Novemb  : 
Thomas  sonn  Samuell  Varnum  borne  19  Novemb 
Edward  son  of  Edward  Allen  born  the  1  of  May 
John  son  of  John  Gould  borne  1  of  Uecembar 
Mehittabell  daught    Francis    Wainewright    borne 

4  Decern b 
Hanah  daught  Job  Bishop  borne  24  Decemb 
Jerimiah  son  of  Jerimiah  Jewett  borne  30  Dec 
Lucy  daugh  of  William  Norton  borne  25  January 
Sarah   daught   Samuell   Young'.ove,  junr,  borne  5 

of  Febr 
Jacob  son  of  Isaack  Foster  borne  9th   Februry 
Jacob  son  Jacob  Perkings  borne  1662 
Sarah  daught :  of  William  Pritchett  borne  the    22 

of  January 
Hanah  daught  of  Abraham  Perkins  borne  7  Mch 
Abigaill  daught:    of  Nathaniell    Tredwell   borne 

the  2  of  Feb 
Mary  daught  of  Thomas  French  borne  9  of  Mch 
Nathaniell  son  Thomas  Binnham  born  4  Sept 
Hanah  daught :    Richard  Walker  borne  10  Sept 
Thomas  sonn  of  Nathaniell    Elithorpe   borne    15 

March 
David  son  Jeimiah  Belcher  borne  1662 
Mary  daugh  :  Shoreborne  Willson  borne  24  Aug 
Hanah  dsught  of  Abraham  Perkings"borne  7^Mch 
Edmond  sonn  of  Samuell  Ingalls  borne  23  July 

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Mi-.    Anna    (Stewart)    Baker,    horn    1770,  al 
Salem;  wife  of  Mr.   Joseph    Baker  of  Ipswich. 
Vntiq  lai    in    Papers,     November,    I  svl    I 
i :  thur  \V.  Dowe  from    the  • 
inal 


Arthur  Abbotl  of  Ipswich  visited  his  friends  in 
Ensland  in  I C7  I 


PROM  ( >u>   M.u  SPAPERS. 
Copied  by   Win.  Iu  'by,  .  I    '(  Lib'n  N  )'  Hi  '  So. 

( ):■  Tu<  sday  Evening  last  just  about  dark, 
Joseph  Kembal  a  r.ad  of  about  15  Years  old, 
Skating  on  Ipswich  Mill  Pond,  mistook  Writer  for 
the  Ice,  (as  is  suppos'd)  and  falling  in,  was 
drowned.  1 1  i  — -  Bodv  was  found  about  an  hour 
after.  — v  >■«  Kngland  Weekly  Journal,  No.  198, 
Jan    1.1  ~."il . 

Ipswich,  January  24.  Died  here  Mrs.  Sarah 
Tutt'e  in  the  8Cth  Year  of  her  Age  A  Gentle- 
woman of  a  vertvous  and  pious  Character;  and 
what  may  deserve  the  Public  Notice,  was  blest 
with  a  very  numerous  Offspring.  She  had  Thir- 
teen Children,  and  by  Seven  of  thern  only,  One 
1'undred  &  Seventy  seven  Grandchildren  ami 
andchildron  — The  Boston  Weel 
i.  No    l  162,  Feb.  .;.  1732. 

Ipswich,  October  16.  Pin-  People  here  have 
been  almost  universally  afflicted  with  the  Cold  & 
Cough,  which  has  chiefly  proved  Mortal  to  the 
Aged  among  us,  for  within  less  than  a  Month, 
seventeen  grown  Persons  have  d  ed  in  the  L'own, 
among  whom  any  of  the  most  ancient  slanders. 
And  what  max  be  Observable,  i-.  that  this  Daj 
died  within  a  lew  hours  of  one  another  the  five 
follow  ing  Persons,  viz  : 

Mrs.   Hannah   Perkins,   widow,     Aged    M 
Mrs    Mar)    Puller,    widow. 

\|    -.    Ptiscilla       inilh.    widow. 

Mrs   Abigail  Wood  wifeol  Simon  Wood  67 

Mrs.     Mar\     Dow,     (a    maiden)  91 

Whose  Ages    iu   the  whole  amount  to  120  years 
-Boston  w  i  ekh  News-Letter,    No.    1500,    (  ct. 


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Boston,  May  14.  We  hear  that  a  Child  about 
twelve  Months  old  fell  into  a  Tub  of  Water  at 
Ipswich  on  Saturday  last  and  was  drowned. — 
New  York  Gazette.  No.  395,  May  21,  1733. 

Boston,  January  5.  Last  Monday  at  Newbury, 
Mr  Boynton's  four  children  were  buried  together, 
who  all  died  within  48  Hours,  of  the  present 
raging  Distemper.  And  we  hear  Col.  Berry  of 
Ipswich  has  lately  buried  two  Children  of  the 
said  Distemper. — New  York  Weekly  Journal, 
Jan.  26,   1735-6. 


ABSTRACTS.     NO.    II. 

BY  SIDNEY  PERLEY,  ESQ.,  BOXFORD. 

Documents  rec.  in  Registry  of  Deeds,  (Ips.  Rec.) 

at  Salem,    concerning  Ipswich.     Figures  in 

parenthesis   refer   to  page  of  copy,  the 

others  to  original  Rec. 

Richard  Scofield  of  Ipswich,  for  £9  17s,  paid 
by  Robert  Roberts  of  Ipswich,  conveys  to  him 
his  house  and  land  in  Ipswich,  bounded  by  Rob- 
ert Andrews,  Mr  Bartlemew,  John  Perkins  the 
younger,  and  Thomas  Boreman,  2  :  5  mo.  1643. 
Witnesses:  William  Lampson  and  Daniel  Wood. 
Vol.  I,  f.  6,  (20.) 

Will  of  Robert  Andrews  of  Ipswich,  dated  1 
Mar.  1643,  proved  26 :  1 :  1644.  Eldest  son 
John  Andrews,  executor.  Bequeaths  to  wife 
Elizabeth,  to  John  Griffin  sOn  of  Humphrey 
Griffin,  under  21  years  of  age  ;  to  sons  John  and 
Thomas  Andrews,  Thomas  to  live  with  his  bro. 
John  three  years,  two  of  which  he  shall  be  help- 
ful to  his  brother  John  in  his  husbandry  and  the 
last  of  the  three  years  he  shall  go  to  school  to  re- 
cover his  learning,  and  if  he  shall  go  to  the  Uni- 
versity or  shall  set  himself  vpon  some  other  way 
of  living,   his    brother   John   shall  allow  him  ten 


pound  by  the  year  for  fovr  years  and  then  fifteen 
pound  by  the  year  for  two  years  succeeding  after ; 
to  son-in-law  Franklin's  daughter  Elizabeth 
Franklin  my  grandchild  ;  to  son  Daniel  Hovey's 
child  Daniel  Hovey  my  grandchild  ;  to  his  kins- 
men John,  Thomas  and  Robert  Bvrnham  ;  and  to 
Humphrey  Griffin's  two  other  sons.  Son  John 
Andrews  yet  under  age,  Thomas  Howlett  com- 
mended as  his  guardian.  Witnesses :  William 
Knight,  John  Whipple,  Thomas  Scott  and  Joseph 
Metcalf.— Vol  1,  f  6,  (21.) 


Hodgkins  Letters. — Continued. 
Pixskill,  Decem'r  ye  3,  1776.  We  marched 
from  Phillips  Manner  Last  fry  day  morning,  and 
we  expect  to  pass  over  the  North  River  to  Day, 
&  then  Proseed  to  Bromwick  which  is  our  head 
quarter  at  Present ;  the  Iinemy  seem  to  Bend 
their  Strength  that  way,  as  if  they  have  a  mind  to 
winter  in  Philadelphia.  But  I  hope  they  will  be 
Desipointed.  Our  People  go  over  the  ferry  called 
Kings  ferry,  and  then  to  Bromwick  Is  70  or  80 
mile.  This  march  whas  verry  unexpected  to  us 
all  &  the  travelling  verry  Bad.  But  I  hope  we 
shall  due  well.  The  Brigade  is  now  marching. 
I  send  this  by  Colol  Little.  Tell  Joanna  &  Salle 
to  be  good  gals  &  that  Dady  whants  to  see  them. 


BENJAMIN   CHOATE,    A.    M. 

Miss  Sarah  F.  Jewett,  of  Stratham,  N.  H.  (a 
descendant  of  Richard  and  Hannah  (Cheney) 
Smith,  of  Ipswich,)  writes:  "I  have  been  pre- 
sented with  a  Historical  Address  on  the  150th 
Anniversary  of  the  gathering  of  the  Cong'l  church 
Kingston,  N.  H.  It  contains  a  sketch  of  Benj. 
Choate,  a  native  of  Ipswich.     Benja   Choate  was 


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the  first  minister  of  Kingston,  son  of  Serjt  .John 
Choate  of  Ipswich,  Chebacco  Parish,  probably  the 
youngest,  born  1680,  H.  C.  L703.  He  went  to 
Deer  field  garrison,  1704,  and  was  there  17m;. 
. I  line  12,  17i»7,  tie  in  Abigail  Burnham.  They 
had  several  children  but  none  of  them  outlived 
their  parents.  After  he  ceased  to  be  the  Town's 
minister  he  was  sometimes  employed  as  school- 
master, and  was  often  moderator  in  town  meet- 
ings. With  the  church  which  was  formed  in 
Kingston,  he  never  became  connected.  He  died 
26  N<»\  17."»3.  Mrs  Choate  died !»  Jan  177(5,  aged 
85.  He  was  hired  to  preach  in  Kingston,  Ccto. 
17n7.  on  a  salary  of 50  pounds  a  year;  £30  cur- 
rent silver  money,  and  £20  in  labor  and  provision 
pay.  Also  a  grant  of  land  was  voted  to  him  by 
the  town.  The  record  of  a  vote  is  found  from 
time  to  time  • k that  the  town  give  Rev  Benjamin 
Choate  forty  cords  of  wood  this  year."  Mr 
Choate  has  in  the  record  the  title  Rev.  by  cour- 
tesy, although  it  docs  not  appear  that  he  ever 
sought  ordination. 


Outward  comforts  are  but  crutches,  which 
when  we  lean  too  much  upon,  God  suffers  them 
many  times  to  fail,  that  we  may  stay  upon  Him- 
self. It  is  but  just  the  cisterns  should  either  be 
broken  or  dried,  when  we  forsake  the  Fountain 
to  depend  on  them.  —  Hubbard,   1 « ", 7 7 . 

1666.     John  Whipple,  jr.  38  years  old. 

it',.;;..     Richard  Soofield  came  to  New  England. 

L685.     John  Webster 63 years  old;  bad   Itch 

out  of  Ipswich  .'»"  years. 

1685.     Nathaniel  Emerson  64  years  old. 

L695.      Samuel     Hunt    60.    \ears   old,  moved  to 

Ipswich  10  years  ago. 


Denison  Evening. 
SEPTEMBER     20,      IS82. 


At  the  Meeting  held  at  the  Seminary  on  Fri- 
day evening,  July  28,  to  make  arrangements  for 
observing  the  Two  Hundredth  Anniversary  of 
the  Death  of  Major-General  Daniel  Denison.  a 
Coacmittee  consisting  of — 

Charles  A.  Say  ward,   Esq., 

Y.  G.   Durd,  M.   I)., 

Mr.  .John  Heard, 

Rev.  T.   Frank  Waters, 

Charles  Palmer,  M.  D., 
was  chosen  and  authorized  to  make  all  necessary 
arrangements  for  an  appropriate  observance  of 
the  Anniversary  ;  the  exercises  to  take  place  on 
the  evening  of  the  twentieth  of  September  next. 
— Ipswich    (,'/i f,,n icle . 


Thomas  Lovell  came  from  Dublin,  Ireland, 
was  in  Ipswich,  1  6  17. 

( biddings  family  came  from  Great  St  Albans, 
Hertfordshire,  England,  1635.  The  Tuttles,  a 
gentle  family  of  earl)    [pswich,   came    from  the 

-•uiie  place  at  the  Bame   t  line. 

K'.MO.     Edward  Bragg  64  years  old. 

L662.     Three  wolves  killed  in  Ipswich. 


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IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 


In  the  Antiquarian  for  March,  1881,  we  print- 
ed a  poem  addressed  to  Mr.  Hubbard  in  1682, 
written  by  N.  N.  (Nicholas  Noyes  of  Salem, 
probably.)  Below  we  give  another,  written  in 
1077,  by  J.  S.  (supposed  by  Farmer  to  be  John 
:  herman  ancestor  of  Gen.  Sherman. ) 


To  the   Revend    Mr.    William    Hubbard    on    his 
mostexact  History  of  New  Knglsnd's  Troubles. 

When  thy  rare  Piece  unto  my  View  once  came, 
It  made  my  Muse  that  erst  did  smoke,  to  flame  : 
liaising  my  Fancy  so  sublime,  that  I 
That  famous  forked  Mountain  did  espy  ; 
Thence  in  an  Extacie  I  softly  fell 
Down  near  unto  the  Belliconinn  Well ; 
Where  Poetry,  in  Prose,  made  I  did  see 
By  a  Mercurian  Brain    which  sure  was  Thee  ; 
Such  is  thy  modest  Stile,  enriched  with  Sence, 
Invention  fine,  faced  with  Eloquence  ; 
Thy  florid  Language  quaintly  doth  expre  s 
The  Truth  of  Matter  in  a  comely  dress  ; 
Couching  the  Sence  in  such  a  pleasing  Strain 
As  Makes  the  Reader's  Heart  to  leap  again  ; 
And  sweetly  draws  him  like  those  Lotteries 
Which  never  miss  but  always  win  the  Prize. 
But  wh'ther  roves  my  Muse?     What  can  be  done 
By 'in  that  augments  the  Sea,  or  lights  the  Sun? 
Go  on  brave  Worthy,  and  let  these  Essaies, 
Like  fair  Aurora  usher  in  the  Eaies 
Of  a  Refulgent  Sun  arising  clear, 
Hence  to  illuminate  our  Hemisphere  ; 
That  th'  after  Ages  may  extol  the  High-?ne — 
For's  Loving  Kindness  to  our  little  Sion  : 
And  may  our  Senatours  with  clue  Rega  d 
These  and  thy  future  Labours  all  reward  ; 
Though  not  in  full,  yet  such  Encouragement 
As  may  in  them  be  just  to  thee  content ; 
For  th'  present  Age,  and  those  that  shall  ensue 
Will  be  perpetual  Lebtors  unto  you. 
Fame  shall  with  Honour    crown    thee  ;  and    we'll 
raise 


The  lasting  Monument  in  Groves  of  Bays. 
Heaven  bless  thee  in  thy  work,  and    may  Success 
Attend  thee  here,  hereafter,  Happiness.      j.   s. 


Correction.  In  the  account  of  the  Harris 
Family  in  the  June  Antiquarian  there  are  two  or 
three  errors  :  Dea.  Jacob  Harris  went  from  Ash- 
burnham  to  Windham,  N.  H.  in  1826  instead  of 
1825;  Dr.  Scollay  was  rrarried  the  second  time 
in  1841  instead  of  1842  ;  the  University  at  Penn- 
sylvania should  be  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
which  is  the  name  of  the  institution  located  in 
Philadelphia.  .  w.   s.   h. 


Births,  Marriages,  Deaths.— No.  8. 
DEATHS.— 1662. 
Elisabeth  daugh  William  Lambert  dyed  May  1662 
Mary  daugh  Shoreborne  Willson,  dyed  ?4  .A gust 
Jacob  sonn  of  Jacob  Foster  dyed  June 
Sarah  dau  Mary  Shefield  dyed  the  to  week  Dec 
Hester  daught  of  Robert  Collins  dyed  19  of  Jan 
Dorothy  daught  of  M ark  Quilter  dyed  21  Jan 
Richard  sonn  Richard  Shatswell  dyed  28  Jan 
Thomas  sonn  of  Moses  Pengry  dyed  25  Jan 

MARRIAGES.— 1662. 
Daniel  Borman  &  Hannah  Hutcheson    marred   the 

12ofApri!l,  1662 
Samuell  Warner  and  Mercy  Swan  maryed    the  21 

of  Ccfo  1662 
Alexander  Tompson  &  De'iverance  Haggett  mar- 
red the  19  Sept  1662 
John  Prockter  and   Elizabeth   Thorndick    marier 
December,   1662. 

[We    have    not   been   able  to  find  the  Record 
of  1663.] 


Antiquarian  §app. 


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Major-Gen.  Denison's  Will. 


1  Daniel  Denison  of  Ipswich,  in  the   county    of 

■  \.  in  New  England,  being  in  good  health  ami 

,ii\   |  ;  lirough  of  ( God  )  ami  will- 

lle  thai  estate  the  Lord  hath  given    me, 

after  m\  decease,  doo  tin;-  ordain  my    last  will  ^ 

testament. 

'1'..  my  daughter,    Mrs.    Elisabeth  Rogers,   be- 

the  portion  of  £120  and  other    findings    she 

hath    already    received,    I  give    my  farm    of  ■" 

-  lying  upon  Conotlicot  River    above    North 

ampton  ^v  Hatfield.     Also  I    give    unto    her    ■ 

3  of  land  granted  to  me  by  the  Gen'll  Court 
in  October  1G65,  as  approved  by  the  records,  al- 
so E  "  to  be  payd  to  her  in  coin  of  so  ranch  given 
her  by  her  <  Grandfather  I  Dudley. 

indchild  Daniel  Rogers 
t<>  be  paid  to  him  at  the  age  of  21  years  or  sooner 
it'  my  execntor  see  cause 

To  m\  Deare  wife  Patience  Denison    I    will    & 
bequeat h    the    rest  of  m\  n  bouses  ami 

lands,  iron  works,  horses,  mares,    cattle,   shcepe, 
.  or  plate,  for  her  during  her   natur- 
al! life,  for  bir  support  and   maintainance,   &    for 
the  educal  i<  »n  &  n  nd   child, 

John    Denison,    and    for   the    relief  of  my  grand 
chil  ii  and  Martha   I  >enison,    if 

tbev  -lioiihl  lie  in  nee:  and 


maintainance  I  have  otherwise  provided  03  a  cov- 
enant with  V  1  -Martyne  thai  married  their  mother. 

And  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife  I  will 
that  my  grandchild,  John  !  enison  shall  have  my 
farm  at  Cbebacco,  where  he  was  bo  n.  and  with 
all  the  appertenances,  viz.  all  the  implements  for 
husbandry,  as  carts,  ploughs,  yoakes,  chains,  as 
also  1  acres  &  a  ball  of  marsb    at  P  Island, 

Lying  against  Grape  Island,  and  was  laydout   as 
the  right  of  the  farm  bouse. 

Also  I  will  that  my  grandchild,  Daniel  Denison 
have  my  farme  at  Merrimack,  of  600  acres,  lying 
neare  Haveril  boundry,  which  above  sd  lands 
were  promised  to  their  Deare  father  upon  his 
marriage.  And  if  either  of  3333  sd  grandchildren, 
John  or  Daniel,  shall  dye  before  they  come  to  age 
viz.  21  years,  the  survivior  shr.ll  have  two  ; 
of  what  is  above  bequeathed  to  the  other,  and 
their  sister  Martha  Denison,  my  grand-child,  to 
have,  the  other  third  part,  and  in  th  the  sd 

•John  and  Daniel  my  grandchildren  shall    dy< 
above  sd,  then  the  sd  Martha  theirs  iave 

and  enjoy  the  sd  farms  &   land    above   sd    except 
the  I  acres  ..v  half  of  marsh  al  Plum  Island  which 
I  will  shal  be  to  mv  Grandchild  Elisabeth 
and  in  ease  mv  wife  d  n\  sd    grandchil- 

dren come  ofage,  my  will  is  that  their  mother, 
Mrs  Martha  .l/artvne  shall  take  upon  her  the 
of  their  education,  and  for  that  enjoy  the  ben- 
efit of  their  portions  till  they  come  of  age,  the 
boys  at  21  yrs  &  the  daughter  18  years,  ui 
my  wife  shall  see  cause  in  her  life  time  or  al  her 
death  to  provide  &  dispose  otherwise  of  them. 

For  the  remainder  of  the  es  r  my  wiles 

decease)  leaving  to  her  a    liberl  aiii\    her 

children  or  grandchildren  aa  thej    shall    besl    de- 
serve oul  of  my  Stock    either  in  her  lil     01  al     her 
■  ii  :   I  u  ill  thai  the  u  hole  remaining  pari    1  ex- 
-    abo\  e    bequeathed  >    consistin 


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houses  and  lands,  goois,  chattels,  money,  plate, 
or  debts,  (debts  owing  or  funeral  expenses  beii^g 
first  payd :)  be  equally  and  indifferently  valued 
and  divided  into  five  equal  parts,  (except  my 
books  and  arms  or  artillery  wch  I  will  to  my  two 
grand  children,  John  Denison  and  Daniel  Deni- 
son,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,)  and 
that  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Rogers,  John  and 
Daniel  Denison  have  each  of  them  one  fifth  part, 
and  my  grand  child  Elizabeth  Rogers  have  one 
fifth  part  &  1-2  fifth  part,  and  that  my  grandchild 
Martha  Denison  have  the  other  half  fifth  part,  to 
whom  I  have  willed  no  larger  a  share,  because  I 
have  provided  otherwise  that  the  sd  Martha  shall 
have  £100  payd  her  by  Mr  Rich:  Marty ne  her 
father-in-law,  and  in  case  either  of  my  sd  grand 
children,  John  Denison  or  Daniel  Denison  should 
dye  before  they  receive  this  their  fifth  part,  my 
will  is  that  the  survivor  of  them  together  with 
their  sister  Martha  should  have  that  part  devided 
equally  between  them,  as  also  if  Martha  Denison 
should  dye,  in  like  manner  that  her  two  brothers 
John  and  Daniel  should  have  the  whole  portion 
divided  between  them.  But  if  it  happen  that  both 
my  grandchildren  John  Tenison  and  Daniel  shld 
die  before  they  come  of  age  or  receive  their  fifth 
part  as  abovesd  my  will  is  that  both  their  fifth 
parts  as  abovesd  shall  be  to  my  daughter  Mrs 
Elisabeth  Rogers  &  her  heirs  forever,  aid  the 
two  farms  bequeathed  to  them  to  be  to  their  sister 
Martha  as  abovesd,  she  paying  to  my  grandchild 
Elizabeth  Rogers  one  hundred  pounds  or  the 
farme  of  GOO  acres  at  Merrimack  within  G  months 
after  demand  made  by  her  or  on  her  behalfe,  or 
the  behalf  of  her  heirs  :  and  in  case  my  sd  three 
grandchildren,  John  Denison,  Martha  Denison, 
and  Daniel  Denison  should  all  of  them  dye  before 
they  come  of  age  of  majority  leaving  behind  them 
no  issue  of  their  bodyes  lawfully  begotten,  my 
will  is  that  my  daughter  Elisabeth  Rogers  should 
have  and  enjoy  the  sd  two  farms  bequeathed  to 
the    sd    John   and    Daniel    Denison  to  her  &   her 


heirs  forever,  she  or  they  paying  to  my  grand- 
child Elizabeth  Rogers  at  least  150Z&,  or  thet  faru 
at  Merrimack  as  abovesd,  as  my  sd  Grandchilc 
Elizabeth  shal  choose. 

My  deare  wife  Mrs  Patience  Denison,  ex'x. 

My  loving  friends  my  son  Mr  John  Rogers  & 
Capt  John  Appleton,  overseers. 

18th  day  July  :    A  Domini,  16 73. 


Manu  x>roPr^a   scripti : 


DANIEL  DENISON. 


Feb  28,  1678.  Elizabeth  Rogers,  grandchild 
shall  have  only  1-5  part;  and  the  1-2  of  5th  go  t< 
daughter  Elizabeth. 

Dec.  20,  1680.  Having  this  day  payd  to  Mr 
John  Appleton.  who  lately  married  my  grand 
child  Elizabeth  Rogers,  fifty  pounds  in  silver  as  t 
portion  and  gave  eight  pounds   in   silver   for  he 

wedding  clothes,  besides  some  other  gifts, 

The  fifth  part  is  also  given  Mrs  Elisabeth  Rogers 
leaving  it  to  her  to  convey  it  to  her  daughter  i 
she  pleases. 


From  the  Ipswich  Chronicle. 
Ipswich   Historical   Society. 

A  desirable  result  of  the  forthcoming  celebra 
tion  of  the  two-hundredth  anniversary  of  th 
death  of  Maj-General  Denison  would  be  the  es 
tablishment  in  this  town  of  a  local  Historical  So 
ciety,  which,  as  a  part  of  its  work,  might  have 
room  in  which  to  preserve  whatever  objects  c 
historical  interest  might  be  entrusted  to  its  care 
There  are  n:>  doubt  a  great  many  articles  not 
lying  about  in  the  attics  of  this  town,  beneath  th 
dust  and  cobwebs  of  years,  of  great  antiquaria 
interest,  were  they  brought  together  and  intelli 
gently  arranged  in  one  collection.  Undoubted  1 
very  many  of  the  owners  of  these  objects  if  as 
sured  of  their  careful  preservation,  would  gladl 
donate  them  to  such  society,    while   others   cou^: 


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probably  be  induced  lo  eposit  them  I'or  safe 
keeping  A  community  like  this,  whose  origin 
dates  hack  to  but  thirteen  years  after  the  landing 
of  the  pilgrim  fathers,  should  exercise  uncommon 
solicitude  in  the  preservation  of  its  relics  of  early 
days.  1 1  is  through  them,  in  a  great  measure, 
that  a  true  knowledge  of  the  condition  of  domes- 
tic life  in  this  country  in  its  early  settlement  is  to 
he  attained  ;  and  we  trust  that  the  coming  au- 
tumn may  see  the  successful  establishment,  under 
(be  guardianship  of  such  an  association  as  here 
suggested,  of  a  room  of  suilleient  capacity  to  al- 
low of  the  receiving  and  intelligible  arrangement 
of  all  such  articles  as  might  be  contributed  by 
oar  citizens. 


Hodgkins  Letters. — Continued. 

Buckingham  in  Pansalvania.  Decem'r  20,  '76. 
We  are  verry  much  fatagued  with  long  marches. 
1  lave  ben  on  march  ever  sinse  ye  251  of  last  month 
and  are  now  within  10  or  12  miles  of  Gen  Wash- 
ington army.  We  expect  to  be  there  to  night. 
The  enemy  are  on  one  side  of  Dillaway  Hiver, 
and  our  army  on  the  other  about  20  miles  from 
Philadelphia.  We  passed  over  Dellewa  River 
last  Sunday.  10  or  50  miles  above  head  Quarters, 
on  account  of  the  enemy  trying  to  inter  sept  our 
crossing,  hut  I  can't  give  you  tint  a  very  poor  ac- 
count of  our  march. 

Donlless  you  will  want  to  hear  how  general 
i  ee  whas  taken,  (leneral  Lee  whas  invited  by  a 
gentelman  to  pat  up  with  bim  that  night.  & 
weather  that  man  or  another  informed  the  enemy 
I  can't  Bay,  bat  somebody  did.  So  about  60  of 
the  Lite  hora  came  ye  nex  morning  and  serounded 
the  bouse.  The  guard  whas  Bom  way  of,  bo  they 
did  but  leetle  good  Ye  <  len'l  whas  live  mile  from 
whare  the  army  camped  that  i  igbt. 

We  have  marched  -nice  we  came  from     Phillips 

manner  aBoul  I  00  miles.  The  grates!  part  of 
the  waj  whasdangous  by  reason  of  the  enemy 
being  near,  ami  not  only  so  Imt  the  contry  is  full 


of   them    cursed   cieaturs   called    Torys. 

We  bave  had  estrodinary  pleasant  weather, 
hut  now  it  is  a  snow  storm. 

Jonathan  Wells  is  with  us.  He  desires  that  if 
you  see  his  wife  to  let  her  know  that  he  is  well  & 
expects  to  get  home  by  the  last  of  January. 


L703.     Thomas  Lovell  sen'rwas  82  yra  old. 

1718.  Here  I  ies  Mr  Thomas  Louell  who  was 
horn  the  2nd  of  February  1649  &  Died  August  ye 
11,  17ls  aged  68  years  6  monthes  and  9  Days. 

1641.     Christopher  Osgood,  brickmaker. 

1642       Wm  Osgood,  of  Salisbury  .  carpenter. 

1641.     Barnabas  Lorton,  baker. 

1 ' '■  7 s .     .John  Dodge,  s  nof  Richard,  46  yrs  old 

Wm  Dodge,  sen'r,  72  yrs  old. 

KJ77.      .James  Dennis..'!.",  yrs  old. 

The  seal  of  the  Giddings  family  was  a  gtillin. 

Mr  Whittingham  brot  over  Richard  and  Mat- 
thew Coy,  brothers,  in  1G3*,  with  divers  other 
servants,  who  first  came  from  Boston.  Lincoln- 
shire, to  London,  where  Mr  Whit  :  kept  them 
1st  Of  May  till  21  .Line. 

1667,     Aug     13.     Mr     Robert    Woodmansy, 

schoolmaster,  relict  Margaret. 

1668.  John  Bayer  or  Beare  nephew  of  Good- 
wife  Braybrooke. 

Thomas  Wells,  12  years,  ship  carpenter,  bro. 
ofBenj  Marshall.  Thomas  Wells  had  wife  Nao- 
mi, 31  years  old. 

Ldinon  Marshall.  70  years,  wife  Melesent,  i'>7 
veare,  daughters  Nahonii  and  Sarah.  Melesent 
Marshall  member  of  cburcb  in  Salem  30  yrs. 

1754,  March  13,  Elisabeth,  relict  of  .John    Ap- 
pleton,  died    aged  91.    dan    Pres.   John    Ro 
andgr-dau.  Gen.   Denison.    Of  superior   endow- 
ments by  nature,  education  and  grace. —  F 


13? 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN    PAPERS. 


Nathaniel    Ward, 

On   Mrs  Anne   Bradstreefs  Poems. 

Mrs.  Anne  Braclstreet,  the  earliest  poetess  of 
New  England,  lived  in  Ipswich  from  1635  to 
1043.  Her  son  Simon  was  horn  here  in  1640. 
He  wrote  in  his  diary,  "  1  was  borne  in  N.  Eng- 
land at  Ipswitch,  Septem  28,  being  Monday, 
1640;"  and  at  another  date,  1651,  he  says 
be  was  returned  to  Ipswich  for  his  prepara- 
tion to  enter  College :  "I  had  my  Education  in 
the  same  Town  at  the  free  School,  the  master  of 
w'ch  was  my  ever  respected  ffreind  Mr  Ezekiell 
Cheevevs."  His  mother  speaks  of  him  in  a  poet- 
ical description  of  her  family,  as  the  one  who 

"  Unto  the  C:llege  flew 
To  chat  among  the  learned  crew  ; 
Ambition  moves  still  in  his  breast 
That  he  might  chant  above  the  rest. 
Striving  for  more  than  to  do  well, 
That  nightingales  he  might  excel." 

He  was  married  by  Maj.  Gen.  Denison  to  his 
cousin  Lucy  Woodbridge  of  Newbury,  and  became 
the  Minister  of  I^ew  London. 

Mrs  Bradstreefs  daughter  Sarah  married  Rich  : 
Hubbard,  brother  of  William  the  historian  and 
minister  of  the  First  Church.  Her  son  John  m. 
Sarah  Perkins  of  Topstield,  (or  Ipswich  Farms,) 
the  ceremony  being  performed  by  Maj  Gen  Deni- 
son And  her  daughter  Mercy  m.  Major  Nath'l 
Wade,  who  went  from  Ipswich  to  Mystic.  While 
Mistriss  Bradstreet  lived  in  Ipswich,  she  wrote, 
(judging  from  their  dates,)  several  of  the  poems 
contained  in  her  book  :  Elegy  on  Sidney,  1638. 
On  Du  Bartus,  1641,  Dialogue  of  Old  and  New 
England,  1642,  Queen  Elizabeth,  1643,  On  my 
Mother,  1643.  Her  father  was  "  The  H  n.  Tho : 
Dudley,  Esq.  one  of  the  Governours  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts," and  he  lived  in  Ipswich  from  1635  to 
1639  ;  he  had  a  houselot  assigned  him  on  High  st. 
a  tew  rods  east  of  the  burying  yard  ;  he  was  very 
stern  and  blunt,  but  much  loved  by  his  daughter 
who  calls  him  a  "  Magazine  of  History  ;"  he 
wrote  a  very  quaint  little  piece  in  verse  which  has 
been  printed  many  times. 


Mrs.  Bradstreet  is  described  as  "a  lady  < 
gracious  demeanour."  She  writes  plaintively  < 
her  coming  to  New  England:  lt  I  found  here 
new  world  and  new  manners,  at  which  my  heai 
rose  ;  but  after  I  was  convinced  it  was  the  way  c 
God,  I  submitted  to  it."  And  she  soon  appears  t 
have  discovered  that  happiness  does  not  depen 
on  outward  circumstances,  for  she  says,  ';  Coul 
I  have  been  in  Heaven  without  the  Love  of  God 
it  would  have  been  a  Hell  to  me;  for' in  Truth  i 
is  the  absence  or  presence  of  God  that  make 
Heaven  or  Hell." 

Mrs.  Bradstreet's  book  is  entitled — "  Severs 
I'oems  composed  with  great  variety  of  Wit  am 
Learning,  full  of  Delight,"  &c.  The  title  was  giv 
en  and  the  volume  printed  without  her  knowledge 
The  following  poem  by  Ward  is  written  about  thi 
book.  Mr  Ward  came  to  Ipswich  in  1634,  arriv 
ing  a  few  weeks  later  than  Mr  Parker  who  cam 
to  town  in  May  of  that  year.  "  Bartus'  Book, 
with  which  he  compares  Mrs  Bradstreet's  is,— 
"Du  Bartas:  His  Diuine  Weekes  and  Workes 
with  a  compleate  Collection  of  all  the  most  de 
lightfull  Workes,"  &c.  Du  Bartas  was  an  espec 
ial  favorite  of  Mrs  Bradstreet  and  the  people  o 
her  generation.  He  lived  1540-90. 
Mr.    Ward's  Lines. 

Mercury  shew'd  Ajipollo,  Bartus  Book, 
Minerva,  this,   and  wisht  him   well  to    look, 
And  tell  uprightly  which  did   which    excell. 
He  view'd  and  view'd,  and  vow'd  he  could  not  tel 
They  bid  him    Hemisphear  his  mouldy  nose, 
With  crackt  leering  glasses,  for  it  would  pose 
The  best  brains  he  had  in's  old  pudding  pan, 
Sex  weigh'd,  which  best,  the  Woman  or  the  Man! 
He  peer'd,  ami   por'd,   &  glar'd,  &  said   for  wort 
I'me  even   as  wise  now  as  I   was  before  : 
They  both  'gan  laugh,  and   said  it    was  no    mar'li 
The  Auth'ress  was  a  right  Du  Bartas  Girle.  ! 

Good  sooth,  quoth  the  old  Don,  tell  ye  me  so?     ] 
1  muse  whither  at  length  these    Girls  will  go ; 
It  half  revives  my  chil  frost-bitten   blood, 
To  see  a  Woman  once  do  ought  that's  good  : 
A  nd  chode  by  Chaucer's  roots  and  Homer's  Furrs. 
1  et  Men  lcok  to't,  least  Women  wear  their  spurrsji 


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Published   Monthly,   -•">  cents  per  year. 

Acglstini    Caldwell,   Arthur  W.   Dowe. 

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Ipswich   Mass. 


So  Antiquarians   have    been    issued   since 
I  '.  1882.      Hie  publication  is   now  resumed, 

ttid    they    will    be    continued   during  the  present 
,iar.     A  :':in  ancienl  Knowlton  house 

i  om  a  drawing    by    Mr     Everett   II.    Ilul)- 

tard,  will  appear  in  the  nexl    number;  and  later 
d    wiil     ci  i.'  ain     \  iev.  s   <>('   houses     sup- 
posed  to   have   been   erected  by  John  Winthrop, 
, —  drawings     |    Jr.  A  Uowe. 


betters  to  Madame  Rsbsknh  Symonds. 

A  m   Antiquarian    Socit  ty  of  \N  <  r- 

Mass.,  hav  ■  a  collection  <>('  Letters  written 

>\  Mr.  John  Hall  to  his  Mother,  Madame  Rebek- 

%\i  [Swi  "     •       Is,  ol  Ipswich.     The  Letters 

■•ii  from  I.  mdoa  and  Assington  IGG 

Fh ?  Library  Committee  of  the  Am.  Antiq.    So. 

lave  \ii  ,  kin  1 13  given  us  permission  loniak  tex- 

■    ••  1  -. 

Madame  Symonds  was  four  times  married.— 

-■.  •  u:is  born  al  Sarura.  aboul  1616  ;  died  in  Ips- 

1  95,  and  I  •  r  gravestone  may   still  be    seen 

old  High  Street    yard.     Her   < li-at It    is   re- 

IQrdcd  on  the  Town  [Records:    "Mrs.    Reheekah 

Symonds,  widow  and  relicl  of  Samuel    Symonds, 

pq.,  (lat<    U  i  •     • 1  q'i  d<    ea'cd,)  died   July 

e21    1695." 
She  married  (Ii  Henrj  Byley  of  Sarum    about 
636;    he  <  :iin<-    1  •   New  England  1638,  and  Bhe 

rj  about    1  6  10, 


lea>  ng  Iwochildren,  Henry  and  Rebekah. 

si,c  married  (2)  April".,  1641,  Mr.  John  Hall, 
of  Salisbury,  and  bad  John  born  I  arch  18,  1642, 
w  ho  is  Ui*'  wi  iter  ol  the  letters. 

She  married  (3)  Mr.  William  \V  rcester,  July 
22,  1650.  And  in  1663,  man  ic!  |  1)  Dep.  Got. 
Symonds  of  Ipswich,  and  lived  on  the  Argilla 
■1.  We  think  the  farm  bouse  was  only  a  rod 
or  two  from  the  house  of  the  late  Aaron  Brown,  a 
descendant  of  Gov.  Symonds. 

.Mad.  Symonds'  so  1  Henry  Byley  died  unm. 
Her  dau.  Rebekah  Byley  un.  Rev.  John  Hale,  and 
bad  a  son  Robert.  Her  son  John  Hall  went  to 
England  in  1663,  married  Elisabeth  Lfnne,  died 
in  1691,  and  left  a  daughter  Elisabeth,  who  m.  a 
I:  gers.  A  miniature  portrait  of  this  child  *as 
sent  to  Mad.  Symonds. 

Extracts  from   L<  tiers. 

"These  ffor  hi*  honoured  M<>  her,  Mrs  Rebak- 
ah  S>  monds  at  her  house  in  Ipswich,  N  England." 
March  17.  1664-5,  London.  Hiis  day  1  rec. 
a  Letter  from  Mrs.  Bat,  wherein  haue  notice  that 
ni\  Sister  [Rebekah  Byley.]  is  married.  To  whom 
ppia\  present  my  Loue,  as  also  1  1  her  spousus. 
1  -.  ,  uld  have  been  glad  to  beare  the  newes  from 
her  selfe.  1  bam-  sent  her  a  A.llemod  scarfe.  To 
your  self  and  my  Bather  each  of  }'ou  a  knife,  <>ne 
with  an  allethropian  the  other  with  an  agate  hast. 
1  shall  not  fade  to  write  t  1  Mr.  Rawson.  Three 
days  since  had  a  letter  from  Barbadots  from  tnj 
my  brother,  [Henry  Bylej 

!  1'..  his  mother  he  sent  with  letter  the  follow- 
ing articles,  per  order:  flower  satin  mantle 
lined  with  sarsn  t.  Ll  10s;  a  silver  claap  for  it. 
2s  6d ;  cinnamon  Laflity,  15s;  Two  Cauibrick 
whiaka  with  1  wo  pare  of  cuffs,  £1  . 

if  arch  22,  1661-5  Haueing  an  oppertunity 
!       m  to  preseut  mj  duty  to  you,  I  1 


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not  let  it  passe,  for  I  meeting  him  acceden  ly  this 
dry,  did  suppose  him  to  bee  the  man  yt  hee  was, 
which  when  I  asked  him,  I  found  I  was  not  de- 
ceived ;  tnd  by  this  I  see  I  can  discerns  the  face 
of  a  N  :  E  :  man  though  he  forget  mine.  By  him 
I  was  told  the  name  of  my  new  brother,  [Rev. 
John  Hale,]  which  I  knew  not  before;  indeed, 
in  a  letter  from  Mrs.  Batt  I  was  informed  that 
my  sister  is  married  :  but  shee  said  not  to  whom. 
Deare  mother,  I  was  much  affected  to  thinke  yt 
shee  should  bee  seated  soe  far  remote  in  the 
country,  n^n^ely  at  Satto,  as  he  saith  she  dwells  : 
But  I  remember  what  my  Late  father  Worcester 
said  to  old  Moyre,  when  he  complained  How  he 
was  crossed  of  his  designs  of  haueing  all  his 
children  Liue  with  hi'.n  at  Haverhill,  viz.,  the  Bee 
when  it  swarmes  doth  not  receive  the  stocke  in 
againe  to  her  hiue  ;  but  Lets  the  young  ones  shift 
for  themselues,  and  by  that  means  propagetes  iis 
kind:  soe,  said  my  ffather  to  the  old  m;n,  }-ou 
haue  swarmed,  and  will  you  bee  soe  unatirall  as 
to  make  but  a  familye  of  them  again?  Surely  it 
is  not  the  way  to  replenish  the  earth. 

But  your  case  is  worth  taking  notice  of,  that 
hauing  but  three  Children,  you  have  not  seen  ym 
all  3  together  this  18  years  at  least.  And  yt  now 
one  is  at  Satto  in  N  :  E :  and  one  at  Barbadoes, 
and  the  Simple  Author  of  this  Letter  in  London, 
and  all  of  us  from  you. 

London,  May  21,  1GGG.  Dear  mother,  I  have 
heard,  that  the  sickness  is  in  Sarum  [bis  mother's 
native  place  and  where  she  hold  property,]  six 
persons  died  in  one  day,  which  hath  made  the  In- 
habitants to  forsake  their  dwelling.  Letters  from 
there  say  that  in  one  week's  time,  500  Cart  loads 
of  Goods  were  conveyed  out  of  that  Town.  Like 
wise  we  are  not  free  in  London.  In  London  and 
the  places  near  Adjacent  their  died  in  9  weeks 
time,  54  Thousand,  (in  South  Hampton  their 
hath  died  18  hundreth,)  in  a  short  time  at  Col- 
chester in  the  county  of  Essex  died  about  3200, 
their  now  dies  about  100  a  week.      A.t  Mortelatt, 


a  small  parish  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  died  200 
persons  ii  a  week  Neither  doth  it  spare  great 
men's  houses.  The  Arch  Bishop  of  Canterburys 
house  at  Lambeth  is  now  visited,  (which  I  believe 
is  as  welcome  to  him  as  his  visitations  are  to 
many  people  ) 

My  brother  was  this  day  with  me  in  health. 
As  also  my  Cozen  Bennet  Swaine.  I  hear  my 
Vncle  Intends  to  Remove  his  family  to  a  place 
called   ffarley. 

[In  May  1G67,  he  writes  that  his  brother,  Hen- 
ry Byley,  is  bound  again  to  Barbadoes  in  a 
Swedish  shipe,  with  an  Adventure  ;  he  fears  he 
"is  a  graine  to  Light,  and  counsells  him  to  be 
Circumspect."  "  Let  your  Letter  be  directed  to 
the  Kings  Armes  in  Jewen  Street  for  mee."] 

I'rt/  18.  1GGS.  It  was  a  saying  of  Mr.  Nor- 
ton's, "  Patents  have  need  of  the  obedience  cf 
their  children,  and  children  being  dutif'ull  doth 
not  only  comply  with  the  Devine  precept,  but 
supply  their  parents  want ;  and  further  their 
owne  and  their  Relations  felicity  and  content  by 
a  mutuall  complasencie  in  each  other." 

August  31, 1668.  I  was  lately  at  Sarum  and 
soe  at  Bristoe  about  a  perplext  business  for  rry 
Cossen  Bennet  Swaine,  who  hath  by  his  earless 
woeing  Lost  the  Loue  of  his  Irish  Mrs  which 
hath  much  troubled  that  family,  especially  my 
Ant,  who  is  now  taken  verie  Sick,  and  we  ex- 
ceedingly fear  her  dissolution  : 

Good  mother,  I  was  sorry  to  Hear  by  Mr  Ja- 
cob yt  you  were  not  well.  Every  Crack  of  the 
Clay  hou=e  gives  us  cause  to  mind  a  fall. 

My  brother  1  hope  ere  this  you  have  seen. 
[Henry  Byley  went  to  Ipswich  in  1668.] 

My  G  iand mother  was  with  mee  at  my  Lodging 
in  her  cor.ch  two  days  since,  with  her  daughter, 
and  her  daughter's  daughter,  and  her  daughter's 
daughter's  daughter  :  all  well  and  merie  together, 
even  four  generations  one  vnder  another,  a  sight 
Rarel}'  seen.  She  desired  me  to  Remember  her 
Loue  to  vou. 


LPSWN  M     AM  ]<>l.'  RIAN      PAPERS. 


/v/ 


Assinglon,  August  5,  1669.  Having  an  oper- 
unity  by  in\  Brother  Sytnonds,  I  shall  give  you 
,ii  acoompt  ofmj  &  your  affairs.  I  have  already 
bid  you  that  it  hath  pleased  providence  to  give 
pee  :>  sutable  match  :  and  that  I  now  Liue  at  my 
itber  in  Laws,  Mr  Samuell  Linne  in  Asaington, 
Ich  is  about  2  miles  ofe  of  the  Citty  :  be  is  to 
pep  house  dureing  his  Life  :  and  at  his  desease 
■  hath  covenanted  t<>  giue  us  SOts  p  Annum  <•» 'j>- 
K  hold  Tenements,  and  the  household  goods  val- 
led  at  200 

My  uncle  Hall  and  my  Ant  Berry  have  gir.-n 
s  a  eolemne  visite,  and  my  Ant  Berrj  Hath  pre- 
ented  u^  with  a  fair  piece  of  plate: 

In  the  same  vessel  which  cdnveyed  his  letter  lie 
ent  to  Mad  Symonds:  A  Light  blew  blanket; 
foO  pins ;  1^  yard-  chamlet,  also  Dod  on  the 
Commandments,  which  was  my  grandmother 
iwains  Book,  and  my  Ant  Jone  said  you  had  a 
[Teat  fancie  for  it.  Therefore  I  have  bound  it  in 
;recn  plush  and  presented  it  to  you.  Also  by 
nv  Brother  Symonds  I  haue  sent  you  and  my 
scilla,  and  Beck  Stacie,  i  ach 
•  weding  gloues.  Like  wise  by 
liui  1  haue  sent  my  grandmother's  funeral  ring, 
■at  my  vncle  Hall  i  ou    with.     1    would 

.:•.•  •  iuchin,  but  time  will  not  /  d- 

lit,  B  it  b  opportunity  I   shall  endeav- 

:   to  procure  it. 


Gleanings. 
John    Stone   and   his  wife  were  admon- 
-h<-d  to  make  biger  bread,  iv    to   take    hcede   of 
ifFending  by  making  too  little  bread  hearafter. 

Nov.  4.  1646     Itt  being  the  time  &  turne  of  ye 
lepu'te  for  to  choose  <&    appointe  ye  minister  to 
the  Bermon  at  yc  next  courte  of  Klecc  n 
ley  chose  &  desired    Mr.    Nathaniel!  Rogers   of 
|  i  ye  nexl  a  sermon. 

1<;I7.     John  Baker  is  licensed  to  draw  wine  at 
pswicb  accordg  ■  <>  ordr. 


L648  v  ct.  18.  The  village  at  the  newt-  med- 
owes  at  Ipswich  is  named  Toppesfeild. 

The  18th  of  the  (8)  1649.  Whereas  complaint 
hath  beene  made  of  the  great  hanger  vt  maj 
acrew  to  the  ynhabytants  by  reason  of  some  men 
Dg  Btacks  of  hay  neare  to  there  dwelling  hous- 
es if  fire  should  happen,  Yt  is  therefore  ordered 
that  who  soever  hath  layd  any  hay  <»r  vng  corne 
in  the  straw  within  there  dwelling  bouSCS,  or  have 
left  any  hay  stacks  within  3  rude  of  there  dwell- 
houses,  shall  remove  it  within  six  daves  alter  no- 
tice, vnder  the  penalty  of  twenty  shillings. 

22th  of  ye  12th  month,  1652:  Granted  to 
Thomas  Clarke  &  Reginall  it'oster  that  when  they 
shall  haue  cutt  through  a  passage  from  this  I; 
into  Chobacco  Riuer  of  ten  foot  wide  and  soe 
Deepe  as  a  Lighter  may  pass  through  Loaden, 
and  to  make  a  ford  and  foote  Bridge  over  that. 
then  the  towne  hath  given  &  Granted  vnto  the 
aforesaid  Thomas  Clarke  <v  Reginall  [foster  the 
sum  of  ten  pounds  toward  the  said  passage. 

1651.  Mo  es  Pengry  sett  up  his  Bait  panns 
and  workes. 

Ipswich  names  in  Dover.  L665.  -John  Reiner, 
John  Heard ;  at  Portsmouth,  1665,  John  Hart, 
i  i-  D(  niiis.  [■  rancis  Reyner. 

1666.  Richard  Woodej  of  Boston  &  Mr.  Hen- 
ry Russellol  Ipswitch  haue  been  &  are  vppon  the 
vrorke  and  in  preparation  for  Bait  peeter  and  gun 
powder,     thej  be  encouraged,  &c. 

I7.")7.  Winter  street,  formerly  railed  Whipples 
Lane. 

[n  1679  it  was  feared  if  horses  were  pul  upon 
Plum  Island  they  would  eat  up  the  grass  and  the 
vainl  would  blow  over  the  island  and  ruin  it. 

We   have   MSS  concerning   the  Harrises, 
h  a.    Joseph   Goodhue,   a   Summons  toaWitcb 
:.  which  will  appear  in  fu*.ure  numbei 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 


HODGKINS    LETTERS.     Concluded. 

New  Jersey,  in  (Crossix?)  Decern  ye  31,  '76 
I  cannot  express  the  hardships  and  fetague  we 
have  under  gone  on  our  march  from  place  to  place 
On  Sunday  ye  22  of  Decm'r,  we  marched  to 
Bristol  and  incamped  in  the  woods  near  the  town 
On  Christmas  night  we  marched  with  about  2000 
men  to  ferry  about  7  miles  from  camp,  in  order  to 
pass  over  to  the  Jersey  side  of  the  River  to  a  tack 
a  party  of  the  enemy,  that  lay  at  a  place  called 
Mount  Holly.  But  the  ise  prevented  our  cross- 
ing that  night.  But  the  troops  that  lay  about  20 
miles  up  the  river  against  Trintown  got  a  cross, 
and  marched  round  and  came  in  upon  the  bale  of 
Trintown  about  doming,  and  began  a  heavy  fire 
with  their  field  peases,  which  surprised  the  ene- 
my, so  they  soon  surrendered.  The  whole  that 
was  taken  was  925  ;  about  20  killed  and  wounded, 
six  brass  field  peases,  a  great  quantity  of  small 
arms  and  blankets.  This  gave  the  enemy  a  grate 
shock,  so  they  soon  retreated  from  the  other  pla- 
ces whare  they  intended  to  stay  while  the  river 
was  froze  strong  enough  to  cross. 

Pensavanea  Valley  fery,  Jan'y  11,  1777.  I  am 
dull  to  think  of  loosing  Thomas  who  was  not  only 
my  koock,  but  my  wa*h  woman,  and  nus  in  sick- 
ness :  in  shorte  he  is  good  for  almost  everything. 
But  he  is  going  home.  I  wish  him  well  with  all 
my  heart.  David  is  ben  a  water  [waiter?]  in  the 
mess  sometimes,  and  he  is  going  too.  It  will 
seam  as  if  we  must  brak  up  house  keeping,  unles 
we  can  find  some  new  ones. 

1  shall  be  verry  glad  of  some  winter  shirts  if  I 
should  come  home.  If  I  should  not  come  I  must 
go  naked,  for  I  can  get  nothing  hear. 

Albany,  Octrye  27,  1777.  I  expect  we  shall 
march  to  moirow  morning  down  the  river  towards 
tbe  Pakskill,  and  I  expect  we  be  ordered  to  Phel- 
ladelpha  to  take  another  winters  camppain  in  the 
Jerseys.  Soldiers  must  not  complain.  If  Genl 
Woshington  is  but  able  to  take  care  af  Genl  How 
I  hope  we  shall  get  into  winter  quorters  in  season. 


I  have  not  received  any  money  since  I  left  Spring 
field.  My  dear,  due  get  a  good  stock  of  syder  if 
you  can  get  anybody  to  trust  you  for  it-  I  have 
sent  two  letters  to  cousin  lorn  to  have  him  come  ; 
due  tell  him  he  must  come  if  he  can.  I  send  this 
letter  by  Mr  Hidden  who  with  several  others  of 
my  company  ha  got  furloughs  for  2  months.  Mr 
Ireland  is  very  sick  at  New  City.  Joseph  Lord  is 
sick  in  camp  ;  the  rest  are  stirring  about. 

Feb.  22,  1778.  Head  qt.  What  our  soldiers 
have  suflerred  this  winter  is  beyond  expression, 
as  one  half  ha*  been  barefoot  and  all  most  naked 
all  winter;  the  other  half  very  badly  on  it  for 
clothes  of  all  sorts  ;  and  to  Com  Pleat  our  messery 
very  shorte  ont  for  provission.  Not  long  since 
our  brigade  drue  but  an  half  days  Lounce  of  meet 
in  eight  days.  But  these  defettis  the  men  bore 
with    a   degree   of  fortitude  becoming    soldiers. 

Rhode  Island  ye  18  August  1778  Last  Satur- 
day we  took  post  within  two  miles  of  the  enemys 
lines,  and  arc  preparing  Battree  which  will  be 
oppened  on  them  piety  soon,  It  is  sayd  the  French 
fleet  have  taken  21  sail  of  transports  and  are  now 
off  Block  Island.  I  received  your  letter  by  Jacob 
Ilodgkins.  I  should  be  very  glad  if  you  could 
tuna  my  old  coat. 

Sept 9,  10.  John  Story  and  Dr  Manning  go 
home  from  Providence,  taking  letters  from  Camp. 

Providence,  Oct.  13,  1778.  We  have  just  heard 
that  there  is  accounts  from  Genl  Washington  that 
12  Regts  of  the  enemy  from  New  York  are  im- 
barked  and  sailed  to  the  East  ward,  and  it  is  thot 
the  same  are  now  off  of  Newporte.  But  whether 
they  are  to  land  there  or  goo  farther  is  unsarting. 
Give  my  duty  to  my  parents  and  sister,  and  my 
compliments  to  Capt  Kendall  and  wife. 

[With  the  last  date  the  Revolutionary  Letters 
of  Captain  (afterward  Colonel)  Joseph  Ilodgkins 
end.  The  originals  are  carefully  preserved  by 
Mr  Francis  II.  Wade  of  this  town,  who  is  a  de- 
scendant of  Col  II.] 


Antiquarian  ft<\\mr>. 


VOL.     III. 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,      WAY,      1883. 


MO.     XXXVI, 


./>.///(    Khoiclton's   House,    1691-2. 

The  above  heliotype  is  a  copy  (by  Kveretl  S.  Hubbard,)  of  an  oil 
sketch  made  many  years  ago.  The  house  was  built  by  John  Knowl- 
ton,  shoemaker,  on  a  lot  granted  to  him  in  1691-2,  and  was  torn 
down  in  1862.  It  stood  al  the  southerly  side  of  the  Town  Hall;  and 
when  the  Hall  was  enlarged  a  yearortwo  since,  it  was  removed  to 
the  site  of  this  ancient  dwelling. 

John  Knowlton,  the  builder,  died  Sept.  11,  1720,  leaving  a  widow 
Sarah,  and  two  sons,  Abraham  and  Isaac 

Isaac  married  Mary  Dear,  Oct.  12,  172.'!.  and  had  possession  of 
the  house.  He  died  in  1758,  and  gave  it  to  his  widow,  Mary  |  Dear.) 
Mic  Bold  it  to  Koberl  Choate,  whom  she  afterwards  married ;  Mr. 
Choategave  it  to  bis  daughter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Choate)  Parley,  wife 
Of  ( ren.  Michael  Farley. 

It  was  owned  later  by  Aaron  Wallis. 

In  1820  it  was  bough  I  b\  Amos  Jones,  blacksmith,  and  remained 
in  his  family  till  I860.     Two  years  later  it  was  demolished. 

Hon.  Charles  A   Say  ward,  in  an  article  published  in  the    Cftro 
on    the   early    Knowltons,   supposes  John   Knowlton.  (huilder  of  the 
house,)  to  have  been  the  -.on  of  John  and  Sarah  Knowlton,  and  grand 
son  of  John  who  was  of  Ipswich  asearly  a-  16JJ9 


drews,  who  bought  the  -aim  of 
Thomas  Ki-liop.  who  bought  the 
same  ol  Robert  I Ia\ es,  to  whom 
Lhe  freemen  of    Ipswich   granted 

the  same   lb  I     a    hOUSelol  I     there 

hath  been  a  house  built  and  re- 
nio\  ed  to  -aid  land  ;  i:  adjoineth 
10  oilier  lands  where  1  mow 
dwell,  whh  I  bo'l  of  W  m.  Lamp- 
son'  <&  W'ni.  moi\  ;  bounded  by 

Ipswich  rivet-  and  a  lane  on  the 
east  and  west.  Dated  28  :  12  : 
I6l;'..        Wit.     Daniel    Epes    and 


\  i 


1.    f.  7 


.iiinp- 
:;  :     '.I  : 


ABSTRACTS.     No.     Ill 

HI     -ii'N  ii     [»l  i:i  i  i  .    I  -v   .    Ii<  i.XKOKJi 

William  Knowlton  of  Ipswich,  bricklayer,  sell-  to  Edward  Brag    ol 
Ipswich,  commonage,  houselot,  &c  .  which   he    houghl   of  John    An- 


Samuel    I  lc\  ford. 
(23  i 

Inv.  of  esl .  oi  Richari 
kyn,  late  dee'd,  app. 
1  li  12,  by  Robt  Payne  and  John 
Whipple.  Allowed  by  court  26, 
1,  i64o.— Vol.  I,  f  7  (24.  I 

>'o\ .  28,  1645,  Humphry 
Rradstreel  conveys  to  Richard 
lint lc\  one  acre  of  marsh  ;  and 
;.  n  acres  of  upland  1\  ing  in  the 
common  field  on  \  e  noil  h  aide 
oi  Ipswich  town,  bounded  by 
Thomas  Scot  i  on  t  ho  nort  hwest . 
\w  John  Satchwell  on  the  south 
east,  in  exchange  for  eighteen 
acres  l\  ing  in  t he  sd  common 
field,  bounded  by  marsh  of  Rich- 
ard Kimball,  Egypt  River,  oth- 
erwise called  north  river,  and 
sd  llniiii'iA  Bradstreet.  Wit  : 
Samuel   s\  monds,     I  >an'l   Epi  - 

\  ol.     I 


r 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


William  Whitred  of  Ipswich,  carpenter  to  VVm. 
Symonds  of  Ipswich,  laborer,  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  a  six  acre  lot  of  planting  ground,  which  sd 
Whitred  bought  of  Mr  John  Whittinghain,  and  it 
lyeth  on  the  hill  on  the  north  side  of  the  town 
between  the  lots  of  Christopher  Osgood  an<l  Ezra 
Rolfe  ;  consideration  :  the  sd  Wm  Symonds  is  to 
pav  to  Whitred  one  heifer  and  £5,  one  half  in 
Indian  corn  and  the  other  half  in  wheat  the  next 
year,  because  the  sd  lot  is  mortgaged  for  security 
of  the  rent  of  a  six  acre  lot  which  sd  Whitred 
hired  of  Mr  Bradstreet ;  dated  20:  10:  1645. 
Wit:  Samuel  Symonds  and  Dorothy  Symonds. — 
Vol.  I.  f.  9,  (32.) 


Marshall  John  Harris,  of  Ipswich. 

BY    WM.    SAM'l    HARRIS,    WINDHAM,    N.   H. 

John  Harris  and  Bridget  his  wife,  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Rowley.  He  died  there  Feb. 
15,  1695.  By  wife  Bridget  he  had  six  children, 
of  whom  the  third  was  John,  born  Oct.  8,  1649. 
This  son  John  was  the  "  Marshall  Harris"  of  Ips- 
wich, who  died  in  1714,  aged  64,  whose  grave 
stone  is  yet  to  be  seen  in  the  old  burying  ground. 

John  Harris  (1,)  of  Rowley,  in  1663,  bought 
of  Thomas  Ayres  108  acres  of  land  in  Haverhill, 
which  he  gave  to  his  son  John,  as  he  says  in  his 
will,  (dated  Jan  8.  1692,  proved  March  27, 
16lJ5.)  In  1685  this  land  was  sold  by  John  Har- 
ris (2.)  This  was  the  Marshall,  and  of  him  we 
have  collected  the  following  facts : 

He  is  called  locksmith  and  gunsmith.  His  wife 
was  Esther  or  Hester.  The  records  of  the  First 
Church  in  Ipswich  show  that  John  Harris  took 
the  covenant  March  1,  1673,  and  that  on  April 
12,  1674,  John  Harris  and  his  wife  were  admitted 
to  full  communion.  He  was  a  freeman  in  1685  ; 
was  called  Marshall  in  1696  ;  called  under-sheriff 
on  his  gravestone.  He  made  his  will  July  16, 
1714,  and  died"  Sept.  ve  15,  1714,  &  in  ye  64 
Year  of  his  age."     In  his   will  he  mentions   his 


wife  Esther,  sons  Thomas,  John  and  Samuel, 
and  daughters.  He  is  called  "  Marshall  John 
Harris,  late  of  Ipswich,"  in  1719.  He  had  the 
following  children,  all  born  in  Ipswich: 

John  born  March  27,   1673 

Abigail,  born  March  5,  1675,  m.  Job  Burnam 

Thomas,  born  June  12,    1677 

Esther,  born  Nov.  8,  1679,  m.  Samuel  Chapman, 

their  intention  of  marriage   was    published 

Sept.  18,  1703 
Mary,  born  Dec.  20,  1681.  m.    Grindall    Knight; 

published  Aug.  7,  1714. 
Margaret,  born  May  22,  1685,  m.  Antony    Smith 

published  Aug.  16,  1718 
Samuel,  born  Nov  28,  1687 
Daniel,  born  August  25,    1691 


Antony  Smith,  mentioned  in  the  preceding  ar- 
ticle, was  the  son  of  Thomas  Smith,  wheelwright, 
and  Esther  his  wife,  and  grandson  of  George  and 
Mary  Smith  who  were  in  Ipswich  in  1648.  Anto- 
ny married  (1)  Elisabeth  Damarell,  in  1712  ;  she 
died  1716.  He  married  in  1718,  Margaret  Har- 
ris. He  died  1730,  Oct.  14,  aged  42.  She  died 
December,  1744. 


Ipswich   Witch. 

Communicated  by  S.  P.  Mayberry,  Cape  Eliz- 
abeth, Maine 

To  Sarje't  John  Chote,  sen'r,  To  Jonas  Grego- 
ry, To  James  Burnam,  all  of  Ipswich,  mary  An- 
drews, Sarah  Rogors,  Marguriet  Low,  Sary  Hal- 
wel,  you  &  each  of  you  all  hereby  Required  jn 
thair  majesties  names  To  make  Your  personall 
apperance  before  ye  Worshipfull  raaj'r  Sam'll 
Appleton,  Esq.,  &  ye  Clerk  of  ye  Court  to  be  at 
ye  house  of  Mr.  John  Spark  in  ipswich  on  ye  22d 
Day  of  This  Instant  aprile,  at  two  o'clock  after- 
noon, Then  and  There  to  Give  in  Your  Severall 
respective  Evidences  in  behalf  of  thair  majesties 
concerning  wch  Clearing  up  of  ye  Grounds  of 
Suspission  of  Rachell  Clentons  being  a  witch,  who 
is  Then  and  Thair  to  be  upon   further   examina- 


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tion.      Theretore  So    make   Your   apperance  ac- 
oording  to  i his  Sumons  fail    aott    at  your  perril. 
Ipswich,  Dated  aprill  LMst,  1H:»2. 

Curiam  Tho's  Wade,  Clerk. 
Ye  (  onstable  of  Ipswich   is   alike    Required    to 
Give  notis  to  ye  said  persons,    &    to  make  re- 
returne  as  ye  Law  Directs.      Curr  T  W  Clk. 

According  to  thi»  within  written  I  haue  Sumonsed 

and  warned  them  :  to  Apere  According  to  Time 
&  Plase  by  me  William  linker.  Constable. 
Dated  this:  22d  of  April,  1692. 

1 (  >n  the  hack  is  another  writing  which  I  am  un- 
able to  decipher,  and  the  word  Jobacco,  (Che- 
bacco.)  Robert  Staniford  settled  in  Newca>tle 
about  1G70,  and  soon  after  Thomas  Staniford. 
We  have  never  been  able  to  learn  from  what 
place  they  came. — s.   p.  m.] 


Rev.   Sam :    Belcher. 

In  the  High  street  Burying  Yard  is  an  old  stone 
bearing  the  following  inscription  :  kt  Here  Lies  ye 
Body  ot  \e  Reverend  Samuel  Belcher  A  Preacher 
at  ye  Shols  Many  Yeare.  lie  was  called  To 
Newbury  new  town  &  There  Lived  18  Years  & 
He  Died  March  ye  10,  L7 14,  Aged  74."  A  tra- 
ditional Ipswicb  story  is,  that  he  was  dependant 
on  his  neighbors  kindness  in  his  latest  life.  Con 
oerning  this  Miss  s.  P.  Jewett,  ofStratham,  NIL 
sends  us  the  following  extract  from  Collin's  New- 
bury :  "The  fust  settled  minister  in  the  second 
parish,  now  the  fir8t,  in  West  Newliury,  was  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Belcher.  <>f  him,  much  to  the  8up 
posed  discredit  of  the  parish,  the  story  has  been 
often  told  that  wIich  he  grew  old  and  unable  to 
preach,  his  parishioners  ca>t  him  off  and   earted 

him  hack  to  Ipswich,  his  native  place.  The  facts 
are  these  :  He  was  settled,  as  was  then  the  cus- 
tom, us  their   pastor    lor   life,    with    tin*    proviso, 

that  if  he  remained  in  town,  he  should  have  the 
use  of  th  s  parsonage* house  and  land  as  long  as  he 

lived  ;    hut  if  he  chose  to  leave    town,  they    should 

revert  to  the  parish.     Preferring,  when  no  longer 


able  to  preach,  to  spend  the  few   remaining  days 
of  his  pilgrimage  in  his  native  place1  he  relinquish 
ed  the  use  of  the  parsonage,    and    had   his  goods 

and  furniture  put  into  the  OX-cart  for  removal  He 
then  said  to  his  friends,  -if  you  will  place  tin'  beds 
in  the  cart  properly,  I  will  ride  with  the  goo.ls.  m 
I  can  go  that  way  easier  than  any  other.'  This 
w;is  accordingly  done,  the  old  gentleman  placed 
on  the  bed,  and,  at  his  own  request,  he  was  lit- 
erally carted  out  of  town.  This,  in  the  absent* 
of  anything,  in  that  day,  like  a  chaise,  or  any 
other  modern  vehicle,  was  undoubtedly  the  easi- 
est   and    most    comfortable    mode,    in     which    he 

could  he  conveyed  home  In  the  Boston  News- 
Letter  of  1715,  I  find  the  following  : 

Ipswich,  March  L2,  171  1-1."..  This  day  we  bur- 
ied  Rev.  Samuel  Belcher  in  a  good  old  age,  hav- 
ing lived  near  76  years.  lie  was  for  inanv  years 
a  preacher  of  the  gospel  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals  and 
afterward  settled  at  Newbury.  lit-  religion  was 
pure  and  undehied.  His  divinity  sound  and  or- 
thodox, his  conversation  very  cheerful  and  ag 
able,  yet  grave  withal.  But  that  which  highly  dis- 
tinguished him  in  his  order  was  his  excellent  gift 
in  pleaching,  nothing  being  more  entertaining 
than  his  ordinary  sermons.  Like  a  well  instructed 
scribe,  as  he  was,  he  always  brought  forth  things 
new  and  old.  profitable  and  pleasant.  Omm* 
tulit  punetum  '/ni  miscuit  utile,  dulci.  A  few 
months  before  his  death  he  removed  to  [pswich, 
the  place  of  his  birth." 


William  Wade,  sun  to  Co'll  Tho  :  and  Elizabeth 
Wade,  dyed  at  sea.  being  kild  in  light  hv  a 
Frenchman,  April  •".,  I  R97. 

William  White  of   Haverhill,    l(».s,'J,    bequeaths 

to    Nathaniel    Smith   of    Ipswich,      his     breeches. 
Jacket,  and  my  white   hat   I  wore  week  .lav-. 

Dea.  Thomas Knowlton  died  Aprill  \e  .". .  1692 

Dea.  Jacob  Poster  dyed  July  9,  1 7 1 < ». 

Nathan  fellow-  drowned  March  L"'.  17  1.1. 
crossing  M  ile  Bro<  >k , 


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March 


Births.— 1664. 

Mary  daughter  of  Kilicres  Ross,  borne  31 

John,  sonn  John  Koss,  9th  April! 

David  sonn  Alexander  Tompson,  19  May 

Mathew  son  John  Whipple,  29  May 

John  French,  a  daughter  borne  and  died  Aprill  1 

Samuell  son  Shoreborn  Willson,  4  Aprill 

Moses,  son  Robert  Pearse,  30  May 

John  son  Renold  Foster,  15  Julv 

Sarah,  daughter  John  Safford,  14  July 

Mary  daughter  Thomas  Wade  9  Agust 

Joseph  son  of  Joseph  Saffourd  11  August 

Nathanill  son  of  John  Aires  6  July 

Triphena  daughter  of  Henry  Russell  9  July 

Judith  daughter  of  Cornelius  Waldo  12  July 

Sarah  daughter  of  Thomas  Burnam  29  June 

Nath  :  son  Ezekiell  Rogers  14  August 

Francis,  son  Francis  Wainwright,  25  August 

Mary  daughter  Nathll  Rust  borne  in  June 

Mary  daughter  of  Fzekiell  Woodward   the  eighth 

of  Decembar   about  three   of  the  clock   after 

noone. 
Sarah,  dau  Mr  Samuell  Rogers,  octob.    14 
Symon  sonn  of  Thomas  Stace  borne  25  Dcembar 
Hanah  daugh  Funnell  Ross  January  8 
Martha  daughter  Nathl  Wells  Jan  13 
Joseph  sonn  Samuell  Ayres  29  octob 
Samuell  son  Nicolas  Wallis  11  June 
John  son  of  William  Dirkye  3  Jan 
Margrett  daughter  Mr  John  Rogers,  18  Feb 
Edward  son  of  Edmond  Deare  21  Feb 
Joseph  son  of  coinett  John  Whipple  6  Mch 
Daughter  of  William  Storv  4  March 
Sarah  daughter  Edward  Allen    1    March 
Ann  daughter  of  Richard  Shatswell  21  Feb 
Joana  daughter  Symon  Tuttle  24  September 
Moriah  daughter  of  John  Smith  28  February 
Hanah  daughter  John  French  8  March. 
Elisabeth  daughter  of  Robert  Collings  1G  January 
William  son  Thomas  Harris  12  December 
Mary  daughter  John  How  25  February 
Johnson  Saml  Jngolls  2G  August 


Mary  daughter  Nathanell  Pyper  15  Dec 
Rebecka  daughter  John  Kimball,   February 
Anah  daughter  Caleb  Kemball  11   Decemb 


SAMUEL    WIGGLESWORTH. 

Can  any  of  your  local  antiquarians  tell  me  when 
and  where  Samuel  Wigglesworth  died?  He  was 
the  son  of  the  Rev.  Samuel,  (minister  of  the 
Hamlet  parish,)  and  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1752.  He  was  born  August 
25,  1734,  and  died  near  the  beginning  of  the 
present  century.  Samukl  A.  Green,  Boston. 


Have  you  any  references  to  Edward  Allen  of 
Ipswich,  who  married  Sarah,  dau.  of  Richard 
Kimball,  Nov  24,  1G58?  his  ancestry,  and  when 
he  came  to  Ipswich? — Alfred  Smith,  Boynton  ave 
Germantown,  Pa. 


I  learn  by  the  History  of  Ipswich,  that  Thomas 
Brown,  weaver,  was  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Ipswich,  and  that  his  daughter  was  the  first  white 
child  born  there.  Had  he  sons  or  grandsons  of  I 
the  names  Thomas,  John  and  Eleazer?  Did  they 
remove  from  Ipswich  previous  to  1700,  and 
where? — A.  A.  Galloupe,  Beverly. 


In  1G48  a  brook  in  Rowley  called    "  Satchwell's 
Brooke." 


In  1775,  Daniel  Noyes,  Esq. 
James  Foster  as  Post  Master. 


succeeded   Dea. 


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Entered  at  Post  Office   as   second  class  matter. 

Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthur  W.  Dowe. 

P.  O.  Address, — Antiquarian   Papers.  Box  159, 

Ipswich  Mass. 


Antiquarian  faprcs. 


H? 


Vol..     III. 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     JUNE,      1883. 


NO.     XXXVII. 


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Entered  at  Post   Office   as   second   class    matter. 

Published  Monthly,  _•"•  cents  per  year. 

Augustini    Caldwell,  Arthur  W.   Dowe. 

P.  ().  Address, — Antiquarian    Papers.  Box  159, 

Ipswich   Mass. 


Col.  Wads  Papers.    No.  1. 

///  possession  of  Mr.   Francis  II.    Wade. 

r  •</"  i  Hill  ]  Genr'l  Orders,  July  23d, 
177-''.  Parole,  Brunswick,  Countersign,  Prinre- 
lown.  As  the  Continental  army  have  unfortu- 
nately no  uniform  and  consiquently  many  Ineon- 
vineances  must  arise  from  not  being  able  to  Dis- 
tinguish tlif  Commissioned  officer  from  the  Pri- 
vates, ii  is  ordered  that  Some  Badges  of  Distin- 
guishmenl  be  Provided  for  immediately.  The 
Held  ••Hirers  May  Have  Red  or  Pink  Couler  Cock- 
ades in  their  hats,  the  Capt  yellow  or  Snuff  Col- 
lour,  the  Subbalterna  Green:  they  are  to  furnesh 
themselves   accordingly.     The   Serjents,    Majors 

and   to   be    Distinguish   By    an    Eparlel  or 

itrip  of  Red  (  loth  or  knot  on  the   Bight  Sholder, 
the  Corpel  By  one  of  green  : 

The  People  iro ployed  to  make  Spears  are  De- 
sired By  the  Gen rl  to  make  lour  Dozen  of  Spears 
Immediately,  thirteen  feet  in  Length,  and  Ihe 
W<kh1  Pari  a  good  Deal  more  substantial  than 
those  already  made;  Particularly  those  in  the 
New  Hampshiet  Lines  air  Rediculously  short  ^v 
Can  answer  no  Purpose. 

The  Commanding  officer  of  the  Different  Works 
vv  Posts  are  once  more  ordered  to    furnish    them- 
selves with  a  sufficient  number  of  Gibbets  &    fas- 
ienes,  which  are  to  Mop  up  the    Entrysof  their 
Respective  Redouts  &    Lines,   and    Repaii    their 


Works  which  may  be  Either  Damaged  by  the 
weather  or  lire  of  the  Enemy.  It  is  observed 
that  several  ot  the  Entries  of  the  Redouts  are 
still  left  open  without  any  son  of  defence,  the 
Commanding  officers  of  each  Redout  therefore 
ordered  to  Cut  a  Wide  dug  Ditch  at  the  Entrance 
and  lay  bridge  of  Plank  a  Cross  this,  to  be  done 
without    delay. 

John  Dennis  in  Cap1  foster  Company  in  Col. 
Gridly's  Regmt  of  artilery,  turd  for  Desertion 
and  intending  to  go  to  the  Enemy,  is  acquitted  by 
the  Genrl  Cort  Martial. 

Ensign  Grafton  accused  by  Col.  Scammon  for 
abusive  Language  when  under  Arrest,  tried  By 
a  Genrl  Court  Martial,  of  which  Col.  Nixon  is 
President,  the  Court  was  unanimously  of  the 
opinion  that  the  Prisoner  was  not  Guilty,  and  do 
therefore  acquit  him  with  bonnor. 

I. eft  Taston  be  forthwith  Released  from  his 
Arrest . 

.Michael  Burry  of  Captain  I'arker's  Com- 
pany, in  Col  Prescot's  Regt,  tried  i>v  the  same 
Genrl  Court  Martial  for  Refusing  his  Deauty  and 
Enlisting  into  another  Company  the  Court  C-on- 
dem'd  the  Prisoner  and  Order  him  to  take.".'1 
I. ashes,  the  sentence  to  he  put  into  execution  at 
the  head  of  Regt . 

Eield  officer  ol  the  day,  Col.  Scammons ;  foi 
Main  luard,  Lieut.  Col.  Smith;  officer  for  Fa- 
tigue, Lieut.  Col.  Baldwin;  Adjutant  of  the  Dav, 
Jenkins. 


felrni:  22th,  1G49.      Mr.  Nathaniell   Roggers  is 
poscsed  bj  the  Grant  of  the  towne  of  one   house 

lolt   on   the  south  side  ol     the     Kinri.     Iiaurin^    the 

Kiuer  on  the  north  west,  the  Btreete  on  the  south 
east,  the  land  of  nor.  Richard  Sallingstall  south 
west,  and  ih"  land  of   Isaac  Comings  northeast  i 


Ik? 


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alsoe  six  acres  of  planting  3- round  haueing  the 
high  way  on  the  south  east,  tbe  Riuer  north 
west,  the  land  of  rnr.  Saltingstall  north  east,  & 
his  own  land  south  west :  Also  forty  acres  of 
land  towards  Chebacco  haueing  the  land  of  Mr. 
Jonathan  Wade  on  the  north  east  &  of  mr.  Salt- 
ingstall south  east  &  a  Swamp  north  west.  Alsoe 
eight  acres  where  he  hath  built  his  farme  [house'in 
exchange  haueing  the  common  south  west  and 
sonth  :  alsoe  flfteene  acres  of  meaddow  near  mr. 
Simonds  his  farme,  bounded  by  the  common  round 
about.  Also  a  farme  at  the  new  meaddowes  con- 
taining three  hundred  acres,  Bounded  by  mr. 
Bradstreet  his  farme  on  the  south,  mr.  Salting- 
stalls  farme  east,  the  common  north  and  North 
east,  mr.  William  paine  north  east — to  enjoy  all 
the  severalls  Grants  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever. 


Letters  to  Mad.  Rebekah  Symonds.- 

Extr acts  from  the   Originals  in  the    Archives 


2. 

of 


American  Antiq.  So.    Worcester. 

Mr.  John  Hall,  Assington,  to  his  Honoured  moth- 
er, Mrs.  Rebekah  Symonds  : 

You  may  remember  that  in  the  year  1G65,  my 
Brother  [Henry  Byley,]  Adventured  tosaile  from 
Barbadoes  to  London  :  it  was  a  dismal  Day  with 
us.  The  warr  and  the  great  plague  being  in  Con- 
junction. And  it  proved  sad  for  my  Br.  He  had 
shipt  his  all  in  three  vessels,  whereof  one  sunke 
at  sea  ;  and  had  not  God's  mercie  afforded  anoth- 
er Company  with  them,  he  had  himselfe  gon 
down  into  the  Deep  as  his  concerns  in  it  did  ;  one 
other  was  taken  by  the  enemy,  and  soe  onlv  one 
of  the  three  came  safe  for  England.  Also  that 
ship  wch  took  mv  brother  vp  out  of  the  sinking 
ship,  for  fear  of  enimies,  (Dutch,  ffrench  and 
Dane  being  all  Combined  agt  England,)  sailed 
unto  Ireland ;  soe  my  Brother  was  faine  to  trav- 
el quite  through  that  Countrey  from  Kilkenny  to 
Dublin,  and  then  in  a  small  vessel  shipt  himselfe 
from  thence  to  West  Chester,  and  there  being 
Landed  he  came  Like  a   poore  pilgrim  to   Sarum. 


March  15,  1671.  I  bought  your  muffs  of  my 
cozen  J  no  Rolfe,  who  tells  me  they  are  worth 
more  money  than  J  gave  for  ym.  You  desired 
yra  modish  and  yet  Long  ;  but  here  with  us  they 
are  worne  much  shorter  :  these  were  made  a  pur- 
pose for  you.  For  neck  lases  Amber  is  much 
in  vse,  also  scotch  pearle,  wth  counterfeit  pearle 
which  may  be  bought  very  cheap. 

At  Sarum  a  Busie  Bishop  and  a  ranting  Re- 
corder have  troubled  and  imprisoned  severall 
good  people  for  private  meetings  of  worship; 
and  amongst  others  my  she  cozen  Rolfe,  Cozen 
Thomas  Batt,  &  one  Wiliam  Hall  one  of  your 
tenants,  who  was  taken  in  one  of  your  houses  in 
in  Castel  street.  Cozen  Mr  Edmands,  Mr  Wil- 
liams, and  one  Mr  Bailer  the  alderman  of  Sarum, 
have  been  imprisoned  and  put  to  fourtv  pounds 
charges  a  man. 

Assington,  Juneye  30,  1071.  Mv  cousin  Banks 
Kenton  intreats  you  to  sel  for  him  the  two  gold 
rings  for  what  you  can  get :  yet  if  they  wil  not 
yield  soe  much  as  that  you  can  afford  to  pay  him 
for  ym  in  England,  his  Lequest  is  ytby  some  safe 
hand  they  may  be  Returned  againe.  I  have  like- 
wise inelosed  a  letter  from  my  Ant  Phelps  and  a 
note  from  my  Ant  Jone,  wharin  she  desires  shee 
may  Live  Rent  free  in  a  house  of  121b  per  Annum 
of  yours,  in  which  shee  now  Lives.  If  you  think 
meet  to  doe  soe,  I  shal  not  Require  any  Rent  of 
her  :  or  if  you  please  you  may  enjoyne  her  to  pay 
at  her  death  if  shee  bee  able :  for  she  hath  a 
house  of  her  owne  in  Sarum,  wch  stands  right 
agst  my  Grandfather  Swains  house  where  you 
were  borne  in  Winchester  street,  wch  shee  in- 
tends to  give  to  my  cozen  Bennet  Swaine,  ye  son 
of  my  uncle  Bennet  of  Milford. 

Cozen  Keinton  alias  Matthews  is  Lately  De- 
ceased. Also  the  Cozen  Rolfe  yt  was  old  vncle 
Burgasses  Daughter  is  deceased  :  her  sister  Al- 
lumbridge  is  now  a  prisoner  in  ye  Kings  Bench 
for  Debt :  also  my  cozen  Sam  Allumbridge,  hir 
son,   is    Latelv   broke  :    by  whome  I  am  Like  to 


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Loose  money  owing  me  by  bonds, — some  Rela- 
tions who  have  dealt  very  vnhansomly  with  me. 
I  now  1 1  iitl  yr  :i<i\  ice  is  a  mean  t«>  be  followed, — 
lis  good  lo  be  charitable,  but  in>t  -<•»•  as  to  bring 
nies  aelf  to  the  I  lospitall. 

Here  was  lately  with  me  my  Brother  in  Law 
Uarlatington  Symonds,  who  brought  noe  Letters 
from  you  ;  bee  Lodged  one  night  with  mee,  and 
tuM  nice  hee  was  to  goe  into  Esses  :  hee  desired 
nee  to  Lend  him  a  Little  money:  But  being  he 
had  noe  Letters  Recomraendatore  from  yourselfe 
9r  my  (father  Syinomis,  I  only  Lent  him  twenty 
shillings  weh  he  promised  to  repay  mee  in  11 
days.  I  have  not  heard  of  him  since.  I  Doubt 
bee  is  a  graine  too  Light,  wch  possibly  may  pre- 
judice him  wth  his  Relations  in  Essex  and  Hapely 
the  Lesse  personal!  acquaintance  hee  may  have 
with  them,  the  more  hee  may  be  Respected,  ac- 
cording too:  proverb  17:  27,  28  vs.  Yet  Mr. 
Kamuell  Wilson  told  nice  yt  you  did  advise  him 
to  come  over  for  England. 


Anthony  Potter.    1648. 

Anthony  and  Elisabeth  'Whipple)  Potter  were 
the  earliest  ancestors  of  the  Ipswich  Potters. 
They  had  at  least  seven  children  :  John,  Edmund, 
Samuel,  Thomas,  Anthony,  Elisabeth  who  mar- 
ried a  Kimball,  and  1  ydia  who  married  a  Put- 
nam. The  first  residence  of  Anthony  and  Eliza- 
l>eth  Potter  was  a  house  built  by  Maj-Gen.  Deni- 
I  on,  near  the  present  stone  Mill;  their  second 
ionic  was  on  the  site  of  the  house  of  the  late  Mr. 
itephen Coburn,  postmaster.  In  the  old  yard  on 
he  1 1  ill  the  grave  of  Elisabeth  may  yet  be  found  : 

Mere    Lys    Lulled 

Mrs.   Elizabeth  Pottei 

who   died    Mareh 

ye   l".    171 -J,  aged 
83  years 

A    lender    mother 
A    prudent    wile 

v  <  rod's   command 
resigned  her  life 


John  2  (  Son  of  Anthony  1 . )  married  Sarah  — . 
lie  died  in  l  718,  and  his  widow  Sarah  in  1724. 

Here  Lyeth  ye  Hods 

of  Mr  John    Potter 

Dec'd    Sepr  ye  9th   1718 

In  ye  66th  yeai 

of    his   age. 

John  2  and  Sarah  had  : 

John  3,  born  1680,  m.  Lydia  Dear  Dec.  24,  1708, 
he  died  Oct  13,  1724,  aged  II.  Lydia  died  Mch 
9,  1727.  They  had  Lydia  horn  1715 died  1725; 
and  Daniel  horn  May  2.'),  I  712,  settled  at  No. 
Rrookfield. 

Sjuah,  horn  Dec  1685,  married  Fellows 

Elizabeth,  horn  April  23,  1695,  m  Thomas  Harris 

Mary,  in  Samuel  York,   1711 

Aaron  3,  m  Elisabeth  Appleton 

Esther. 

Edmund  2,  (son  of  Anthony  1  , )  in  |  1  )  Abigail, 
(2)  widow  Hannah  (Pickard)  Tuttle,  1701.  He 
was  a  trooper  at  Narragansett :     He  had  : 

Elizabeth,  horn  April  11,  1681 

Nathaniel,  m  Hannah  Patch,  171<'. 

Elizabeth   horn  Nov.  1 7,    1694 

Edmund  3,  born  June  14,  1683,  died  March  2:'. 
17.15;  he  m  Mercy  Quarles,  and  had  one  child. 
Mercy,  horn  May  28,  1/04,  and  married  Patch 
and  had  Edmond,  John.  James  and  Andrew 
Patch.  He  m  (2)  Elisabeth  Walker.  1711. 
she  survived  him  and  married  John  Brown, 
turner. 

Samuel  2,  (son  Anthony  I,)  m  (1)  Joanna, 
(2)  Ruth  Dunton  April  is,  1692,  (3)  Sarah  Bur- 
nell,  Dec.  4,   1705.      He  had 

Samuel,  m  Hannah  Dresser 

David  h  Mch  27  1695,  in. Mary  Meniaui  of  Lynn 

Joanna,  b  June  H*>,  1686,  no  John  Whipple,    17<i;; 

Thomas,  b  April  15,  1691,  m  Susanna  Hadlej 

Anthony,  b  <  let  2   169(1 

Esther,  b  Dee  18,  l  700,  died  l  703 

Ezekiel  died  I  703 

Hester,  h  9   10   1706 

Lydia,  b  June   i,   1710 

Ahigail,  b  Sept  6,  1  713,  d  ])cc  31  l  75* 

To  be  ( '<i/t/ 1  a  tied. 

Anv  Records  of  the  Potters  giadh  r< ived 


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Deaths.— 1 604. 

Sarah  wifeofAbra  Fitt,  5  June 

Samuell  sonn  of  Shoreborn  Willson,  14  June 

Humphry  Vinsent,  25  Decern 

Robert  Kinsman,  sen,  28  January 

Martha,  dau  Nath'l    Wells,  12  Feb 

John  Anabell,  sen'r,  8  Oct 

James  son  of  James  How,  jr.,  July 

Judith  wife  of  Renold  Foster,  Octo 

Susuan  Whitman,  May 

Elizabeth  wife  of  Edmond  Bridges  31  Decemb 

Married.— 1064. 
John  Day  and  Sarah  Pengry,  20  April 
John  Ring  and  Mary  Bray.  18  November 
Thomas  Hart  and  Mary  Norton,  12  October  ' 
Saml  Lomas  and  Sarah  Smith,  Nov  18 
John    Hale   sonn  of  Robt    Hale  late  (decon)  of 
Charlestown   and    Mrs  Rebecka   Biley   late  of 
Salsbury  marred  the  15th  of  Decembar,    1004, 
at  Ipswich. 
Robert  Whitman  and  Hanah  Knight,  9  November 
John  Newman  and  Sarah  Smith,  9  November 
William  Dirkye  and  Martha  Crose,  Dec  20 
Vzall  Wardall  and  Mary  Ringe,  3  May 
Samuel  Perly  and  Ruth  Trumball,  15  July 
Robert  Crose  and  Martha  Tredwall,  Feb  19 
Thomas  Tied  well  and  Sarah  Titcomb,  1664 
Samuell  Addaras  and  Mehittabell  Norton,  20  Dec 
Mr  John  Hale,  son  of  Robert  Hale,  late  deacon  of 
ye  church  at  Charlestowne,   &    Mrs   Rebecca 
Byley,  late  of  Salisbury  in  England,  gent,  were 
raaried  vpon  the  16th  day  of  December,   anno 
Dom  1664,  at  Ipswich  in  New  England,  before 
me.  Samvel  Symonds. 


Miss  S.  F.  Jewett,  Stratham,  N.  H.,  writes  as 
follows  concerning  Martha  Denison,  grandaugh- 
ter  of  Maj-Gen.  Daniel  Denison:  "The  first 
husband  of  Martha  Denison  was  Thomas  Wiggin, 
who  was  born  5  March,  1662.  He  was  a  grand- 
son of  Gov.  Thomas  Wiggin,  also  of  Gov.   Simon 


Bradstreet.  Mr.  Wiggin  died  in  early  manhood, 
leaving  but  one  child,  Hannah. 

Widow  Martha  (Denison)  Wiggin  then  became 
the  second  wife  of  Capt  Jonathan  Thing,  of  Exe- 
ter. They  were  married  July,  1693,  and  had  but 
one  child,  Daniel  Thing,  born  12  May  1694. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Thing  died  30  Oct.  1694  ;  his 
first  wife  was  Majy,  daughter  of  Counsellor  John 
Oilman,  son  of  Edward  Oilman,  sen'r.  He  had 
two  other  sons,  Edward  and  Moses. 

Her  third  husband  was  Matthew  Whipple  of 
Ipswich. 


Rev.  Joseph  Appleton,  born  in  Ipswich,   1751,  i 
grad.  Brown   Univ.   married   Mary,    daughter  of 
Jacob  Hook,  Esq.,  of  Kingston,  15   June,    1777  ; 
ordained  at  North  Brookfield,  30  Oct.  1776,  where 
he  died  25  July,  1795 — Kingston  Record. 


1658.  Newbury  upon  their  presentment  for 
want  of  a  lattin  scoole  is  to  pay  to  Ipswich  lattin 
scool,  unles  they  by  the  next  court  provyde  a 
lattin  scoole  master  according  to  law. — Co.  Rec. 


On  the  23d  of  Oct.  1711.  Newbury  petitioned 
the  Court  to  grant  them  leave  to  goe  on  with  their 
meeting  house  that  they  have  begun,  that  the 
farthermost  of  forty  families  and  about  thirty 
more  of  our  neighbours  are  not  ahove  one  and  a 
half  miles  from  the  meeting  house  we're  about  to 
erect  and  prepare,  and  that  we  deem  it  our  duty 
to  maintain  the  reverend  Mr  Belcher,  (for  whom 
we  have  a  peculiar  respect,)  until  we  may  be  or- 
derly dismist. — Hist.  Newbury. 


Inscription  on  a  Silver  Cup,  belonging  to  the 
First  Church  in  Ipswich  : 

"Ex  Dono  Capt.  Simon  Stacy  to  the  Church 
ot  Ipswich    1697." 

1038.  John  Wedgwood,  for  being  in  the 
company  of  Drunkards,  to  bee  set  in  the  stocks. 


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IPSWN  II.     MASS.,      U  l.V.      L883. 


NO.     XXXVIII, 


IPSWK  II     AN  riQl  ARIAN     PAPERS. 

red  at  Post   Offio  second   class    matter. 

Published  Monthly,   -■'<  rents  per  year. 

Acgustini    Caldwell,   Arthur  W.   Dowe. 

P.  I ».  Address, —  Antiquarian    Pafiers.  Bn.r  /."■.''. 

Fpsicich   Mans. 


Boston,  /  ugusl  22,  l  883. 
Mr.  Arthur  W.  Dow:   I  send  you  a  few    items, 
which  may  excite  a  little  local  interest. 

S  \mi  ii.  A.  Green. 

Ipswich,  Octob.  I'!.  This  morning  died  Dr. 
Samuel  WaJlis  of  this  place,  aboul  40  Years  ol 
Age;  a  Ma uch  employed  in  the  publick  Af- 
fairs ol  this  Town,  in  which  Trust  he  discharged 
himself  with  singular  Faithfulness;  and  us  he 
lived  possessed  of  the  great  Esteem  &  Affection 
ofthe  People,  so  his  Death  is  very  much  lamented 
here. — Th  X-  England  Weekly  Journal,  Mon- 
da)  (  tetober  21,  1  728. 

(in  Tuesday  Evening  last  [  Dee.  29,  1731,  I  just 
about  dark,  Joseph  Kembal,  a  Lad  of  about  In 
Years  old  Skating  on  Ipswich  Mill  Pond,  mistook 
Water  for  Ice  (as  is  suppos'd)  and  falling  in,  was 
drowned. — His  hedy  was  found  aboul  an  hour 
after.  —  7  ■■  England  Weekly  Journal,  Mon- 
day, January  i    i  '■'•  I . 

A  Lad  al   Ipswich  being  from    Home  the    l>a\ 
before  the  late  Storm  on  the  sth    Instant,    return- 
ing in  the  Evening,  losl  his  Way,  and  perished  in 
the  storm.  —  Thi    New-England    We<         To\ 
Tuesday .  September  22,  1 7 1 1 . 

17  17.     The  tirsl  Deacons  of  the  South    Church 
were  laron  Potter  and  Joseph  Apple  ton. 


To  Mad.  Rebekah  Symonds.  No.  3. 

0      ■""•'  Letters  in  the  Archives  of  American  An- 
tiquarian   Sock  ty,     Wora  alt  r. 

Mr.  John  Hall,  Assington,  t(»  his  honoured  moth- 
er, Mrs.  Rebekah  Symonds,  Ipswich. 

Assington,  Aug.  28,  1G73.  |  To  his  lather  Sy- 
monds ]  M\  being  ill  at  Easter  ami  at  Salisbury 
at  Trinity,  I  had  not  opportunity  to  meet  mr. 
•I no  symonds.  nor  did  I  see  llarlackenden. 

I  have  some  desire  to  have  ray  cattle  In  New 
England  sold,  and  to  buy  with  it  some  peiee  of 
Land  in  the  Massachusetts  Colony;  yl  it  might 
yield  mee  some  smale  Incomb,  and  be  capable  of 
Iraprouvment.  This  I  haue  the  Ambition  for, 
that  I  might  at  Least  haue  some  share  of  my  na- 
1 1\  e  countrey. 

My  l'iolher-in-la\v.  II.  S.  intends  to  saile  in 
this  ship  for  New  England. 

May  28,  11)71.  [To  his  mother.]  I  have  upon 
ray  friend  Mr.  [Samuel]  Hall's  Desire,  consented 
to  send  you   a   servant,   John    Greav's    Brother, 

Erancis  Graves,)  which   I  hope    wil    not    bei 
your  disadvantage  ;   I  would  have  pd  his   passage 
here,    had  the  master   bin   willing  to  have  taken 
live  pounds,  hvl  bee  would  not  take    vnder    five, 
&  I  thought  better  pay  7  lbs  in  new-Englaud  than 

livelier.';    audi!  it     bee  too    hurt  heiisonie    to    you 

there:  you  know  enough  will  pay  soe  much  money 
there  for  live  pound  here,  which  you  mav  Likewise 

-l::iu    vpon   mo  .use  : 

my  vnelo  Swaine  hath  ordered  mee  to  Imv  r 
ring  tor  you  selfe  \\  ich  m\  Late  Anl  -lone  be- 
queathed yon  as  a  Uenn  mbiance,  well  I  have  be- 
spoken, >v  hope  i"  have  made  time  enough  t<»  send 
<  ap1  Ben  M  ooi  e,  Pogi  I  liei  with  Blood  stone 
i  elcl  for  m\  sister  Hale,  wch  m\  Brother  Hale 
writ  to  mee  for.     Tell  liar  Symonds    I  marvel    I 


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had  noe  Letter  from  him :    nor   have    I  this  year 
heard  from  Mr.  Hnbbard. 

[Articles  sent  to  Mad.  Symonds  with  this  let- 
ter: one  el  I  of  fine  bag  Holland,  2  yards  1-8  of 
Lute  string,  a  Lawne  whiske,  wool  cards  one 
pare,  a  Heath  Brush,  2  Ivorie  Comb,  ye  bord  box 
rest.] 


Abstracts  No.  4. 

BY    SYDNEY    TERLEY,    ESQ.,    150XF0RD. 

Granted  to  Humphrey  Bradstreet  100  acres, 
bounded  by  Goodman  Cross,  North  River,  (also 
called  Egypt  River,)  and  Thomas  Dorman.  Also 
30  acres  of  upland  ;  ten  of  meadow,  bounded  by 
a  Creek  coming  out  of  North  River  to  the  Reedy 
Marsh  on  the  northest ;  likewise  10  acres  lying 
against  ye  marshes,  bounded  by  Goodman  Shats- 
well  &  Thomas  Scott ;  likewise  a  house  lot  in 
Mill  Street,  bounded  by  Mr.  Coggswell  on  the 
northwest.  Dated  9  Dec.  1G45.  Signed  by  Rich- 
ard Saltonstall,  Daniel  Denison,  Samuel  Appleton 
Richard  Jacob,  Robert  Lord  and  John  Gage. — 
Vol.  I,  f.  10,  (33.) 

June  3,  1G74.  Win.  Hubbard  of  Ipswich,  con- 
veys, under  mortgage,  to  John  Richards  of  Bos- 
ton, marchant,  for  £324,  his  dwelling  house  and 
homestead  in  Ipswich;  also  12  acres  of  land  situ- 
ated within  ye  common  fence,  behind  Simon  Tom- 
son^  ;  also  30  acres  of  meadow  and  upland,  being 
part  of  Halfield's  farm,  bounded  by  Lvman  Tornp- 
son,  John  Choate,  and  the  creek  running  under 
Halfield's  bridge.  Wit :  Nicho  :  Paige  and  Anna 
Paige.— Vol  I,  f.  11    (34.) 

Granted  by  freeman  of  Ipswich  to  Samuel 
Symonds  of  Ipswich,  farm  of  500  acres  of  vpland 
and  meadow,  A.  D.  1G37,  whh  was  laid  out  ac- 
cordingly ;  it  has  since  been  called  Olivers; 
bounded  in  1G45,  Dec.  16,  as  follows,  viz:  on 
common  ground,  West  meadows,  Mr  Wm.  Payne, 
Pye  Brook,  Thomas  Dorman,  Mr  John  Winthrop. 
Also  to  him  at  same  time,  a  planting  lot  of  G  ac- 


res, bounded  by  Mr.  Richard  SaltonstalPs  mead- 
ow, near  Labor-in-vayne  creek,  Mr.  Nathl  Rog- 
ers, pastor  of  Ips.  chh,  and  Mr  John  Winthrop 
the  younger. 

Also  to  hira  at  same  time,  G  acres  of  marsh  and 
upland  on  hetherraost  side  of  Sagamore  hill, 
bounded  by  (in  1G45)  Thomas  Bishop,  Thomas 
Wells,  Matthias  Button,  Widow  Lumpkin  and  sd 
Symonds.  lie  (Symonds)  is  also  possessed  of  a 
farm  called  Argilla,  containing  320  acres,  lying 
upon  and  beyond  Labor-in-vayne  creek,  toward 
ye  South,  in  a  place  formerly  called  Chebacco, 
whh  farm  was  granted  by  the  freeman  of  Ipswich 
to  John  Winthrop  the  younger,  Esq. 

He  is  also  possessed  of  one  and  a  half  acres  of 
land,  bounded  by  Mr.  William  Hubbard's  close 
before  his  town  house,  and  the  rest  surrounded 
by  highways,  whh  sd  land  was  part  of  Mr.  John 
Winthrop's  G  acre  lot  there  granted  to  him  by  the 
freemen  of  Ipswich,  and  the  sd  lot  being  granted 
to  Samuel  Symonds  by  deed,  dated  24  Oct.  1638. 

He  is  also  possessed  of  a  town  house  and  house 
lot,  containing  3  acres,  bounded  north  by  meeting 
house  green  ;  northeast  William  White's  houselot ; 
southeast  Ipswich  River  and  Wm.  Fuller ;  south- 
west by  highway  leading  to  the  meeting  house, 
which  houselot  was  granted  to  Henry  Sewall  the 
elder,  gent,  and  conveyed  b}'  him  to  said  Symonds 
by  deed  dated  Gth  1st  mo.  1G37,  signed  by  Rich- 
ard Saltonstall.  Daniel  Denison  Samuel  Apple- 
ton,  Thomas  Rowlington,  constable,  and  John 
Gage,  lot  layer.— Vol.  I,  f.  13  (45.) 

Will  of  Lionell  Chute  of  Ipswich,  school  master 
dated  4th  7th  mo.  1G44.  Gives  to  Rose,  his  wife, 
homestead  for  life  ;  also  bequeathes  to  son  James. 
Mentions  a  planting  lot  purchased  of  Mr.  Bar- 
tholomew ;  heifer  at  Goodman  White's  farm  ;  son 
Nathaniel  (dee'd?)  gives  to  friend  Joseph  Morse, 
to  poor  of  church  in  Ipswich,  20s.  Wife  Rose,  ex. 
Wit :  Marke  Simonds  and  Joseph  Morse.  Proved 
7:  9  mo:  1G45.—  Vol.  I,  f.  15  (50  ) 

Inv.  of  est.  of  Lionell  Chute  of  Ipswich,    dee'd. 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PArERS. 


taken  25  :  -1  :  1645,  by  Marke  Symonds  and    K< »>>t 
Lord.     A ant,  f'.'l  :  11:1.     Vol.  I,  f.  16  (52) 


Col.  Nath'l  Wade  Papers.    II. 
/     possession  of  Mr.    Francis   EJ.    Wade.] 

Genrl  Orders,  -Inly  24,  1  7 7 ."> .  Parole  Salisbury, 
Countersign,  Cumberland,  Oflicer  for  the  Day, 
Col.  VVhitcomb:  tor  Main  Guard,  Lieut.  C'<>1. 
Bond:  officer  for  Fatigue,  Durkey,  adjutant  lor 
the  Day,  Buller. 

it  Being  thought  Proper  to  Distinguish  the  Ma- 
jor from  the  Brigadear  Genrl  by  some  Perticular 
Mark  the  futur,  the  Major  Genrl  will  v\  are  a 
Broad  Riband  Not  withstand  the  Genrl  orders 
Making  the  Dislintion  of  Genrl  officers.  Ade 
camps  and  Genrls  are  frequently  Stopt  By  Cen- 
tinels  which  Can  only  happen  from  the  ("apt  hav- 
ing Neglected  to  Read  the  orders  to  their  Res- 
pective Companies,  if  any  Genrl  officer,  adecamp 
or  Major  of  Brigade  is  again  S  toped  through  Igno- 
rance of  the  Centrys,  the  ('apt  will  be  considerd 
■8  Responsible:  as  any  attempts  the  Enemy  from 
their  Lale  Disappointment  have  the  Rashness  or 
bardiness  to  Make  will  Be  Violent  A.  Sudden,  the 
Genrl  Expect  the  officers  &  Soldiers  will    Me    not 

only    Reselute    But ?  toDefeats.     &    in   a 

perticuler  maner  he  Enforces  his  orders  to  every 
field  officer  upon  do  account.  Deauty  Excepted, 
to  Lay  out  of  the  <  tamp,  Bui  upon  every  occasion 
to  Shew  by  their  Example  that  active  and  Steady 
Courage  S  i  Neseaary  to  Defeat  any  Enterpris  of 
Enemy.  Notwitb  standing  the  orders  of  the 
Eleventh  Instant  i^  Expressly  forbidenjall  officers 
land  Soldiers  quiting  their  Guards  Before  they  are 
(Regularly  Released  and  Dismissed, "the  Genrl  i-* 
formed  that  such  under  Like  Practises  are  Still 
Coraild.  he  therefore  admonishes  ail  officers  and 
Commistioned  officers  no1  to  Suffei  any  Per- 
son to  quil  their  ground  upon  any  Pretence.  Care 
to  be  taken  the  men  are  Propeilj  Supplied  with 
Provision  Before  they  Mounl  Guard      Reporl  be- 


ing made  to  the  ( ienil  that  the  Main  I  ruard  Room 
is  abominable  Dirty;  for  the  future  no  command- 
ing officer  is  to  Relieve  anothei  on  that  Guard 
u n till  he  i9  assured  thai  the  officer  has  made  the 
appartmeiils  (lean. 

orders  the  Surgeon  of  Every  Regmt  in  the  Lines 
or  Redouts  in  or  neai  Cambridge  to  Deliver  to- 
morrow at  noon  to  the  adjutant  (ienral  at  head 
Quarters  an  Exact  Return  of  the  sick  in  the  Reg- 
mts  they  Belong  to,  the  Names  and  Disorders  of 
Each  officer,  Non  Commission  officer  or  Soldier 
to  lie  mentioned  in  the  Return  of  the  Surgeons 
of  the  Corps  in  and  Near  Roxbury  to  Be  Made 
to  the  Commanding  Genrl  at  Roxbury  By  tusday 
Noon. 

Aug.   \'j.    IGG8.     Mehitable    Brabrooke,    a<_red 
15,  examined  for  setting  tire  to  her  master,  Jacob 
Perkins  house.     Dep.  of  Abr.    Perkins   age 
John  VVillyston,  age  20,  Hannah  wife  of  Abr. 


16G5.   John  and  .Jacob  Perkins,  witness    will  of 
Joseph  Metcalf. 


1661.  John  Ayres,  William  fellows,  brothers 
to  William  Lampson,  dee'd,  wife  Sarah  about  to 
marry  Thomas  Hartshorn. 


1666.  John  Whipple,  jr.,  38  years  old. 

1667,  Nov.  i'..  John  Lambert ,  burie  I  at  Rowley 
1665       David  Satchwell,  Marblehead 


1X34,  Jan.  15,  Rev.  Dr.  Daniel  Dana  delivered 
an  Address  before  the  Ipswich  Pemale  Seminary. 
Subject,  Reading.  Teachers,  Miss  C.  Washburn, 
Mi^s  S.  C    Farley. 


I  ornelius  Waldo,  MrCogswelPs  farmer;  Edw : 
Coborne,  Mr  Saltonstall's  farmer ;  Willm  Pritchel 
Rich  :  Jacob's  farmer ;  John  Aires,    Mr  .Norton's 

farmer;     Ivlw  Allen.  Mi    Paine's    farmei  .    John 
Warner,  Elder  Whipple's  farmei 


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IPSWICH    POTTERS.    No.  2. 

Anthony  Potter  2,  and  Martha  Dresser,  married 
June  11,  1695.  She  died  Sept  5,  1728.  He 
died  about  1749.  Their  children  were  : 

Martha,  born  January  10,  1G98,  died  the  21st 
Daniel,  born  Jan  4,  1G99 

Martha,  born  October  19,  1700,  married  Ringe 
Elizabeth,  born  March  4,  1702,  married  Ephraim 

Kimball  of  Boxford,  1745 
David  and  Jonathan,  twins, rborn  Feb.    5,    1703, 

Jonathan  died  unmarried  1761 
Richard,  born  November  15,  1705 
Sarah,  born  12,  10,  1707,  unmarried 
Ruth,  born  August  4,  1709,  m  John  Manning 
Hannah,  born  23  10,  1710,  m  John  Newmarch,  jr 

Thomas  Potter  2,  and  Mary  Kimball  married  June 
16,  1695.     Their  children  were  : 

Mary,  born  April  13,  1697,  married  Fuller 
Thomas,  born  Aug  17,  1698,  m  Sarah  Wallis 
Anna,  born  Nov  20,  IS 00,  died  Nov  17,  1763 
Lydia,  born  Sept  20,  1702,  m  William  Kimball 
Robert,  born  May  28,    1704,   married    (1)    Mary 

Knowlton,  (2)  W id.  Mary  Lampson 
Jabez,  married  Martha  Dresser,  1730 
Jacob,  born  17  12,  1711 
Abigail,  died  December  15,  1758 

[Third  generation  of  Potters  in  next  No.] 


Feb.  19,  1055.  Mr.  Willson  is  desired  to 
speake  to  Goodman  Norton  to  fullfill  his  bargayne 
in  make  the  meeting  house  Tite,  where  shingles 
weare  removed  by  bim,  ocationed  by  the  puting 
in  of  the  gutters,  and  also  the  makeing  good  his 
other  Bargayne  about  the  grunselling  of  the  meet- 
ing house,  &  case  he  doe  not  forthwith  make  yt 
good,  hath  orders  by  this  meeting  of  the  select 
men  to  sue  him  in  the  Towne  name. 

Agreed  that  Mr  Willson  shall  take  care  to  lay 
the  rloure  in  the  Tarret  of  the  meeting  house  and 
plank  ife  cauka  it,  &  to  daube  the  Noreast  syde 
below  the  floore. 

Jan.  5,  1656.  Alexander  Knight,  being  in  the 
house  of  Aron  Pengry  for  the  p'esent  nesesity  the 
select  men  thinke  it  meet  that  he  should  free  his 
house  agayne  by  the  first  of  May  next. 


The  following  Record  from  the  Town  books, 
gives  us  the  date  of  the  Manning  house,  which 
stands  opposite  the  Town  Hall : 

May  9,  1728.  Joseph  Manning  desirous  of  set- 
tling in  this  his  native  town,  as  yet  has  no  place- 
whereon  to  build  a  dwelling  House  for  himself 
and  ffamily,  there  is  a  quantity  of  the  Bank  of  the 
River  next  to  Mr  Thomas  Lords  Grant  up  Stream 
which  would  be  very  accomodable  to  him  to  Set  a 
dwelling  House  on,  pra}-s  that  he  may  be  favoured 
with  a  Grant  of  Eighty,  Ninety  or  more  fleet  to 
extend  up  the  River  from  the  Corner  of  Mr.  Isaac 
Fitts  dwelling  to  the  Corner  of  Abbe  the  Smiths 
shop.'        Granted. 


Mrs.  Sally  Burnham  has  given  us  a  copy  of  the 
New  England  Psalm  Book,  Revised  and  Improved 
by  Rev.  Thomas  Prince,  used  in  the  South  Chh. 
prior  to  the  Revolution.  It  was  printed  in  Boston 
by  Thomas  and  John  Fleet,  at  the  Heart  and 
Crown,  in  Cornhill.  This  copv  has  the  autograph 
of  Isaac  Burnham,  1774,  and  cost  3s  2d.  The 
South  Church  Record  says  : 

Sept  29,  1785,  Colol  Smith,  moderator,  tht 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Proposition  fron 
the  Church  is  accepted,  which  is  as  follows,  viz. 
The  Committee  of  the  So.  Parish  to  whom  the 
Proposition  from  the  Church  respecting  the  Intro 
duction  of  Dcctr  Watt's  Psalms  and  Hymns  and  : 
Collection  of  Doctr  Doddridge's  Hymns,  insteai 
of  the  Rev'd  Mr.  Prince's  Verson  of  the  Psalms 
&c.  now  in  use,  was  committed,  have  attendee 
to  that  service  ;  and  ask  leave  to  recommend  t 
said  Parish  to  introduce  Barlow's  Edition  of  Doc 
Watt's  Psalms  and  his  three  Books  of  Hymns 
and  to  desire  the  Revd  Mr  Dana  to  name  such  o 
Doctr  Doddridge's  hymns  as  he  in  his  prudenc 
and  discretion  shall  think  proper,  to  the  end  sai 
Society  may  become  more  acquainted  therewith 
instead  of  Mr  Prince's  version  of  the  Psalms  noi 
in  use.  Daniel  Notes,  p  order. 


1639.  There  were  three  Taverns  in  Ipswich  :- 
Goo:  Lumpkin,  Goodm  Firmin,  Goodm  Trcdwe 


I*. 


ttttqnsrian 


vol.   in. 


IPSWICH.     MA.ss.,     AUGUST     L883. 


NO.     XXXIX. 


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Autoqraph   of  Sargft    John   Harris,  August  23, 
1 728. 

Thk  Harris  Family:    Thomas    Harris,    in    Ips 
wicb,  1636,  and  some  of   his  Descendants  thro' 
seven  generations.    By  William  Samuel  Harris, 
of  Windham,    N.    II.     (Sixteen   illustrations  ) 
Price  two  dollars 

Mr.  William  Samuel  Harris. — a  young  man  of 
Tl  years, — has  compiled  a  very  interesting  and 
valuable  History  of  his  ancestors,  beginning  with 
Thomas  1  and  Elisabeth  Harris  of  Charlestown, 
1G30,  and  their  son  Thomas  2,  of  Ipswich,  163G, 
and  his  wife  Martha  (Lake)  Harris. 

He  gives  a  brief  sketch  of  Thomas  2,  of  Ips. 
1636,  the  names  of  his  children,  a  copy  of  his 
will,  and  a  sketch  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Lake,  the 
mother  of  Martha  Harris  and  a  copy  of  her  will. 

In  another  chapter  he  takes  up  Serg't  John  and 
Grace  Searle  Harris.  He  was  3d  son  of  Thomas 
and  Martha.  The  above  signature  is  from  his 
will,  written  1728. 

Richard  Harris,  the  7th  child    of   Serg't   John, 

removed  from  Ipswich  to  Harvard    in    1743,    and 

I  the  genealogy    of  his  descendants  is  quite   fully 

given.   Below  we  insert  the  autograph  of  his  son, 

Jacob,  who  was  born  at   Ipswich,    17-11,    lived   at 


cza 


cortw 


I7&9 


Ashburnham,  and  died  at  Windham,  NIL,  L826. 
^Mr.  Harris  unravels  in  part,  the  four  Johns, 
found  upon  oar  early  Records.      He  says, — 

11  There  were  four  John  Harrises  in  Ipswich,  at 
the  same  time,  as  early  as  1673-95 — each  with  a 
familv.  namely  ■ 


Marsh'l  John  with  wife  Bother,  1673. 
Serg't  John,  who  id.  Grace  Searle  in  l' 
John,  with  wife  Mary.   1690. 
John,  quartua,  with  wife  Margaret, [1696. 

Cf  these,  Marshal  John,  or  Under-sheriff,  a 
locksmith  or  gunsmith,  who  married  Esther , 

and  died  in  Ipswich.  Sept.  l.">,  1711,  was  the  son 
of  John  and  Bridget  Harris  of  Rowley.  1  his  is 
proTed  by  a  dwd  (recorded  Essex  Deeds  l. 
Norfolk  277,)  in  which  John  of  Rowley  in  1663, 
bought  certain  lands  in  Haverhill,  and  another 
deed  (Essex  Deeds  5  lps.  117.)  in  which  John 
with  wife  Esther  sold  the  same  lands  in)  1685; 
and  the  will  of  John  of  Rowley  in  1692,  Bays  he 
had  already  given  these  lands  to  his  -on. John.' 

This  Marshal  John  was  bom, Oct.  8,  1649,  and 
by  wife  Esther  or  Hester,  bad  eight  children,  born 
in  Ipswich  from  1  673  to   1691 , 

SergtsJohn,  who  married  Grace  Searlef  and 
died  in  1732,  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha 
Harris,  as  is  proved  by  a  deed,  (EssexjDeeds 
15  :  4U,)  in  which  John  Harris,  husbandman.  Win 
Harris,  smith,  and  Ebenezer  Harris,  husband- 
man, all  of  Ipswich,  sold  in  1693,  a  portion  of  the 
land  given  them  by  the  willjjof  -Thomas  their 
father,  and  in  the  acknowledgment  made  April  .">, 
1700,  the  words  occur.   '•  Then  Sargt  John,"  &c. 

William  Searle.  the  father  fcof  Grace  (Searle) 
Harris,  had  three  children, — 

1  .     Samuel,  elder  son 

2.  William,   younger   Bon  ;    bom 

Nov.  22,   1665,  died  in  Rowley,   No\ 

estate  amounted  tot's.    18s.  clear. 
Harris. 

.'!  |Grace,  married  Sergt  John  Mains.       ; 

William  Searle,  Benior,  died  in  Ipswich,  Aug. 
16,  l'"'67.  His  widow  Grace,  married  -,  in  Ips- 
wich, Oct.  "iii,  L668,  Thomas  Dennis.  The  grave 
stones  of  Thomas  and  Grace  Dennis  are  to  be 
Been  in  the  old  grave  yard  at  Ipswich. 


in    rpswich, 

7,  1690  :    his 

Adiu.  Johti 


July  24,  1717,  the  South  Church  was  organized 

at   the    house    of    Mr    Thomas     Norton.      [fl    this 

house  still  standing 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


William  Bartholomew. 

The  following  gleaning,  from  a  private  letter,  is  a 
little  glimpse  at  William  Bartholomew,  who  had  a 
houselot  in  Ipswieh,  Feb.  19,  1637,  and  who  copied 
from  original  and  probably  scattering  papers,  the 
earliest  book  of  Ipswich  records  extant.  He  was 
clerk,  feoffee,  selectman,  deputy,  county  treasurer, 
&c.  The  name  Bartholomew  was  pronounced  — 
Barllemy. 

"  I  learned  much  of  interest  to  me  at  Ipswich, 
and  not  the  least  was  the  description  ol  the  William 
Bartholomew  house.  His  houselot,  according  to  the 
Records,  1637,  was  between  Robert  Lord's  and  Ed- 
ward Brown's.  This  house  was  torn  down  in  recent 
years.  Mr.  Asa  Lord  of  Ipswich,  was  born  in  it, 
about  1800.  It  was,  according  to  the  descriptions, 
very  like  the  picture  of  the  Norton-Cobbett  house  in 
the  Antiquarian  for  June,  1880. 

Another  interesting  feature  I  found  connected  with 
my  ancestor,  Bartlemy  Hili  Pasture.  It  is  about  two 
miles  west  of  the  center  of  the  village,  double  peaked, 
being  200  and  204  feet  high,  fine  open  grazing  land, 
with  a  row  of  willows  running  over  the  hills.  I 
found  that  this  tract  had  been  partly  granted  to  Wm. 
Bartholemew  for  his  services  to  the  town  in  attending 
General  Court,  &c.;  that  he  re-deeded  it  to  the  town 
for  the  nominal  sum  of  £5,  and  it  was  divided  among 
the  citizens  as  a  common  for  pasturing  their  cows  ; 
each  grantee  having  a  two  acre  undivided  right  in  the 
tract.  This  will  preserve  my  ancestor's  name  and 
honorable  connection  with  the  town,  which  is  very 
pleasant  to  me.  — G.  W.  Bartolomew,  jr.  Austin, 
Texas. 


Col.    Thomas   Berry. 

In  the  High  street  Burying  Ground  is  an  old    slate 
stone,  bearing  this  inscription  : 

Justitia  Veritas 

Here  lies  Interred  the   Remains  of 

Hoabl  Thomas  Berry,  Esqr 

who  lived  universally  beloved 

and^j  died  equally  lamented 

12th  August  1756 

aged  61  years 

Sic  transit  Gloria  mundi 

Col.  Berry's  house  stood  upon  the  site  of  the    resi- 
dence of  Mr.  Joseph  Ross.     Many  traditions   of  his 


social  influence  and  splendor  are  yet  remembered, 
and  people  still  say,  ''  'Twasut  so  in  Col.  Berry's  day.". 
The  following  Gene-i logical  facts  are  gathered  from  a 
letter  of  Henry  Dutch  Lord,  who  has  much  valuable 
Historical  and  Genealogical  matter  relating  to  oun 
ancient  town: 

The  Line  of  Be:  ry  is  briefly,  as  follows  : 

Thomas  Berry,  1,  Boston,  1666,  master  mariner, 
died  1685,  (see  Sewall's  Diary,)  will  Suffolk  Co. 
Probate.  Married  Grace  Hayman,  dau.  of  Major 
John  and  Grace  Hayman,  of  Charlestown,  she  died 
1695,  tomb  stone  in  Copps  Hill  Burial  Ground. 

Thomas  Berry,  2,  only  son,grad.  II.  C.  Boston  and 
Ipswich,  married  Margaret  Rogers,  daughter  of  the 
Rev'd  John,  Pres't  H.C.  She  married  (2)  John 
Levcrett,  Pres't  same  College. 

Thomas  Berry,  3,  Doctor  and  Colonel,  grad.  H.  C. 
married  (1)  Martha  Rogers,  his  cousin,  August  6, 
1717. 

Here  lies  Interred  the  Remains 

of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Berry 

Esq.,   &  daughter  of  ye 

Rev'd   Mr.  John   Rogers  & 

Mrs.  Martha  his  wife. 

Who  Deed  Aug  2-1  Anno  Dom 

ini   1727. 

^tatis  Suae   33. 

Col.  Berry  married  (2)  Elizabeth  Turner,  dau.  of 
Major  John  of  Salem. 

John  Berry,  4,  ony  son,  married  Abigail  Wise, 
dau.  of  Henry  and  grandaughter  of  Rev.  John  of 
Chebacco  Parish.  Had  Abigail  who  married  Dea. 
Moses  Lord,  who  had  Thomas  Lord,  [father  of  H. 
D.  L.  from  whose  letter  we  quote.] 


The  following  Advertisement  appeared  in  a 
Salem  paper  in  1818,  sixty-five  years  ago.  The  "In- 
dian Chief,'  perhaps,  may  yet  be  stored  in  some  gar- 
ret or  barn  of  Ipswich. 

WM.  M.  ROGERS 

RESPECTFULLY  informs  his  friends  and  the 
public,  that  he  has  opened  a  Tavern  in  Ipswich, 
(fign  of  the  Indian  Chief)  a  few  rods  beyond  Mr. 
Treadwell's  Hotel,  after  turning  the  corner,  on  the 
road  to  Newburyport,  where  he  would  be  happy  to 
accommodate  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  may  favor 
him  with  their  custom,  and  every  attention  shall  be 
paid  to  their  convenience.     Ipswich.   April  28,  1818. 


i  PSM  [<  11      Wl'lui   \i;ia.\     PAPERS 


DESCENDANT  OF  PHILIP  WELCH. 

Some  one  has  very  kindly  Bent  us  a  copy  of  the 
Essex  Register,  printed  at  Salem,  Thursday,  April 
17.  1823.  tl  contains  a  ootice  of  the  decease  of 
Samuel  Welch,  of  Bow,  N.  II.  grandson  of  Philip 
Welch,  who  was  brought  to  [pswich  in  Di.">f  in  the 
Ship  Ooodfello w.  In  the  Appendix  to  Mr.  Pelt's 
History  of  Ipswich,  is  the  following  singular  account 
ofWelch:   "  Among  the  crying    wrongs    to  some    of 

our  race,  wax  that  of  st  laling  young  | pie,  transport 

ing  them  to  America,  and  selling  them  into  servitude. 
Two  of  such  Bufferers  were  3old  in  D;54.  to  :i  respect- 

gentl  man  of  Ipswich,  for  nine  years,  for  £26  in 
curn  or  cattle.  They  were  represented  to  him  a> 
transported  by  order  of  the  State.  They  were  Win. 
Downing  and  Philip  Welch.  They,  with  others, 
lived  in  [rcland,  ail  of  whom  were  forcibly  taken  from 
their  beds  at  oight  by  men  dressed  as  English  sold  iersi 
and  compelled  to  goon  board  the  vessel  in  which  they 
came.     The  persons  who  practiced  such  a  crime  were 

.  Spirits.  A  royal  order  of  England  was  passed 
against  them  in  !  682" 

Died  at  Bow,  N.  II.,  >  u  Saturday,  April  5,  isi\';. 
the  v.  oerable  S  iiuuel  Welch,  the  oldest  person  in  New 
11  impshire,  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  and  twelve 
years  and  seven  months!  He  was  born  at  Kiugs 
ten,  Sept.  1,  1710,  <>.  S.  His  grandfather,  Philip 
Welch,  was  one  of  the  fir>t  suttlersof  Ipswich.  His 
father,  Samuel  Welch,  Bettl  <i  early  at  Kingston,  and 
lived  to  bi  tween  eighty  and  ninety  years  of  age  ;  his 
mother  lived  nearly  a  century  ;  u  sister  till  about  D»o 
and  a  brother  till  more  than  90  years  of  age. 


POTTEB    FAMILY.      Ml.   Ill 


Daniel   Pottei .         A     bon .  1.  Anthony    I .) 
.!       L4,  169    9   m  I.  Anna  Wallis     1721,   she 
July  L2,  1727.     II    ......     I       Elisabeth  Kimb 

Wenham,    1728,    she    II J    I  •  b  9,    l764.<*Hc 
about  I  77n      Anna  .  Wallis  i  Poth  r  h  id 

Daniel  born  July   1">.   \~i-l,  died  early 
Ann  i   boi n    I  )>  o   1 5,    1  723  died   unmai ried 
Dani.  I  born   M;.y  30,   1725  die  1   1726 
Anthony  died    1 7 _T 
Elisabeth  [  Kimball]  Pott*  r  had  : 

Daniel  born   May   17.   17.10  .lied   IT-': -"» 


born 
died 
all  of 
died 


I,,w 
with 


An  hony   born   Nov    11.   1731,  died  17."»7,  mar- 

rii  'I  Sarah    Puller 
Ephraim   born    Dec   16,    1733,  died    173 1 
I .  iniel  It'n  n  aiel  died    L735 
Martha  born  October  1 737 ,r unmarried 
Daniel  born   March    1739,  m.   Hannah    W.-illis 
Richard  born  March  174."J.  lived  al  Concord  NH 

Mary   born   1746,  married  <i Ihue 

Elizabeth  born  1749,  unmarried,  she  rode|from 
ich  to.Concord,  on  horseback,  and  resided  Mere 
her  brother. 


Daniel  Potter  I.  (Daniel  .'I.  Anthony  -.  Antho- 
ny 1.)  married  Hannah  Wallis,  1759,  she  died  29 
November,  1792.  aged  52  yrs,  he  died  Dee  11,  1814. 
They  had 

I )  in  i«l .  born  <  October   1 T '  ■  1   died  early 
Hannah,    born    May    17ii->.    married, Jh  r    cousin 
Jonathan    Potter,   son  ^of   Ensign  Richard 
and  had  Jesse,  Symmes,  Wallis,  James,  El- 
bridge,    Richard,*Julia   Anna. 
Daniel,  born   Nov   177".  m.   Eunice   Pel  lows 

Daniel  ">.  (  Daniel  J.  Daniel  :;.  Anthony  2  Anth  1) 
born  1770,  married 'Eunice^  dau.  of  John  and  Martha 
(Shatswell)  Fellows"  Nov.  15,  1796,  and  had 

Eunice,  married  Brewer,  Daniel  m  Dully  \  Fer- 
guson, Haninh  Wallis,  mMohn  Kimball,  Martha,  m 
N  .thl  K  Allen,  Henry.  mSElisabeth  Jewett,  ^Edward 
m  Chloe  Stoddard,  Harriet  in  Wm  Henry  Chapman, 
Lucy,  Adeline  m  Albert  Stoddard. 


Received.  Two  Chapters  in  the  Early  History 
ofGroton,  Mass.   By  Samuel  Abbott  Green,  M    D 

Ninety-fifth  Anniversary  of  Settlement  at  Marietta, 
Ohio:  Historical  Address,  bj  Hon.  George  B.  Lor- 
ing,  and  other  Addresses  before  the  Washington  Co. 
Pioneer  Association,  M  irietta,  Ohio,  April  7    1  B83. 

Tin-    New    Englaod    Historical    and    Genes 
Register  July,  I  383 

List  of  Publications  of  the  American  Antiquarian 
Society,  Worcester,  Mnss,  compiled  by  N  ithaniel 
Paine. 

In  Men,,, nam.  Rev.  Ilnr\  Cowles,  D.  D.  Early 
Days,  b)  Rev.  J.  I'  Cowles,  t pewich,  Mass.  VI 
die--,    read    at    Memorial    9  i  Oberlin,    <>hin. 

by  P res' t  James  EL  Fairohild.  Address,  by  Re r.  Wm 
K  incaid,  Pastor  of  Si  mnd  ( tang'l  <  Jhurch  at    I  ►berlin, 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


To  Mad.  Rebekah  Symonds.  No.  4. 

Original  Letters  in  the  Archives  of  American  An- 
tiquarian Society,    Worcester. 

Mr.  John  Hall,  Assington,  to  his  honoured  moth- 
er, Mrs.  Rebekah  Symonds,  Ipswich. 

Sept.  26,  1674  William  Quarles  sailed  with 
Captain  Joseph  Gillain  in  August  last.  To  his 
custody  I  committed  a  box  for  my  father  Symonds 
and  in  it  a  gowne  sent  out  of  Essex,  and  those 
few  things  which  you  had  then  sent  for.  They 
are  not  of  much  value,  <fc  I  doubt  not  but  Quarles 
wil,  for  his  credit,  see  them  safely  delivered,  in 
regard  hee  knows  I  am  wel  acquainted  with  his 
Relations  here,  and  that  they  will  giue  much 
credit  to  my  report  of  him.  How  ever  had  I 
known  there  had  been  no  great  kindness  between 
my  father  and  him,  I  should  not  have  trusted  him 
with  any  of  your  things  how  small  so  ever. 

You  mention  that  you  nor  my  sister  never  had 
the  ful  of  the  Legasee  Left  you  by  our  Ant 
Heath.  The  Reson  was  because  their  was,  as  my 
vncle  said  two  bonds  which  never  came  to  his 
hands, — one  from  Geoffry  Heath,  and  21bs  from 
one  James  Hely. 

I  never  receive  your  letters  but  with  a  joyful 
heart,  and  find  almost  every  line  to  be  a  pleasing 
picture  of  thee  :  tender,  pious  and  most  patheti- 
cal  Bowels  of  a  parent  that  j'earns  towards  me, 
and  Hath  a  delight  in  mee.  And  above  all  the 
excellent  Lineaments  of  grace  that  are  Resplen- 
dent in  your  papers  doe  most  move  mee,  And  In 
particular  Raise  vp  my  heart  to  render  all  possi- 
ble praise  to  my  maker  who  hath  honored  mee 
with  and  bestowed  vpon  mee  the  Benefit  of  hau- 
ing  a  most  christian  mother.  The  Heathen  could 
say,  nobility  of  Birth  is  the  first  and  great  Gyft 
of  the  Gods :  But  I  say  the  truly  noble  one  is  the 
Christian :  and  to  bee  son  to  such  a  one  and 
brought  up  under  them,  is  far  more  Advantageous 
to  the  nature,  then  to  be  descended  of  an  errelig- 
Emperour.  Oh !  Good  mother,  I  am  greived  to 
hear  that  craziness  creeps   vpon   you :  yet  I    am 


g!ad  you  have  Faith  to  Looke  beyond  the  Graue. . 
[A  few  lines  sent  by  Mr.  fibster  to  his  Father 
Symonds  ]  mv  cozen,  your  Grandson,  Mr. 
Sam'll  Epps,  Hath  put  up  with  his  things  several! ! 
for  my  mother,  and  sent  them  directed  to  his 
mother  by  Arthur  Abbot  in  Capt.  Wally's  ship: 
I  doubt  not  but  my  cozen  Epps  Hath  giuen  you 
accompt  of  his  candid  reception  in  Essex.  The 
truth  is  his  Loueing  dispossition  wil  soon  com- 
mand respect  from  any  with  whome  he  may  have 
acquaintance  :  Good  sir,  I  hop  er  this,  flrancis 
Graves,  Brother  to  John  Graves,  who  sailed 
Hence  in  Capt.  Ben  More,  is  with  you,  and  that 
bee  may  be  acceptable  to  you  :  he  is  Little  indeed, 
but  wil  bee  growing.  And  he  is  to  serue  you  the 
Longer,  viz.  fiue  years.  I  thought  you  would 
Like  it  better]  to  find  him  cloths,  than  to  be  tied 
to  some  set  Allowance,  for  yt  may  be  agreed  wth 
him  at  any  time  ;  I  haue  bin  Endeavoring  to  get 
a  more  Staunch  Servant,  but  the  age  is  soe  Cor- 
rupt that  I  can  hardly  find  one  honest  that  is 
willing  to  parse  the  seas. 


The  early  Records  of  the  town  contain  the  au- 
tographs of  many  of  the  men  who  were  here 
in  the  infancy  of  the  settlement: — John  Lighton, 
John  Morse,  Francis  Jordan,  Reienld  fibster, 
Theophilus  Wilson,  Sammuell  Taylor,  Thomas 
ffowler,  Nathaniel  Piper,  Thomas  Harris,  Obadiah 
Wood,  flrancis  Wainwright,  Thomas  Lovell, 
John  Gaynes,  John  Whipple,  Robert  Day,  John 
Denison,  Mark  Quilter,  Robert  Lord,  William 
Bukly,  Simon  Stace,  Aaron  Pengry,  Thomas 
Smith,  Thomas  Hart,  Haniell  Bosworth,  Moses 
Pengry,  Themas  Lord,  Joseph  Brown,  and  many 
others. 

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Il'MVK'M,     .Mass.,     SEPTEMBER,     1883. 


NO.      XL. 


Castle  Hill  Fur m  House  built  by  John  Winlhropjjr 


The  Winthrop,  Symonds  and  Patch  Place. 

BY    JOHN    PATCH,    E8Q. 

Thia  1'  inn,  first  owned  by  John  Winthrnp,  jr.,  was 
included  in  the  township  of  Ipswich  bought  by  him  of 
the  Indian  Sagamore,  Masconomct,  for  £20.  It  was 
afterwards  granted  to  Winthrop  by  the  Town,  on  condi- 
Von  he  would  settle  permanently  in  [pswich.  His  fam- 
ily resided  in  town  about  eipht  years.  Mr.  Winthrop 
pold  it  to  his  brother  in  law,  Dep.  Gov.  Symonds,  whose 
wife  was  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Winthrop.  The  deed,  (a  copy 
of  which  was  published  a  few  year-  ago  in  a  Salem  pa- 
per,) i>  among  the  first  recorded  in  the  Registry  of 
deeds  for  Essei  County.  It  passed  from  Dep.  Gov. 
Symonds  by  will  toCapt.  Daniel  Eppes,  ami  from  him 
to  Symonds  Eppes,  and  from  him  to  Maj.  Samuel  Eppcs, 
one  of  the  Holyoke  heirs,  and  from  him  to  John  Patch, 
Esq.  Lt was  leased  by  Mr.  Patch,  for  several  years 
and  afterwards  purchased  by  him  in  1759.  The  original 
Bond,  conditioned  for  its  purchase,  is  now  in   ezistancc. 

Gov.  Patch  C ro  called,)  afterwards  purchased  of  John 
Winthrop  of  Boston,  as  stated  in  hi-  will,  the  Jacob 
Perkins  <>r  Wainwright  place,  adjoining,  (now  owned  by 
Mr.  J .  B,  ( 'averly, )  which  be  gave  io  his  will  to  his 
grandson,  Tristram  Brown,  An  old  willow,  resembling 
a  banyan  tre<\  -till  ntanda  at  the  end  ofthe  cellar,  over 
which  the  boose  stood.  He  gave  the  [aland,  the  first 
farm  beyond  Lhe  Essex  Canal  on  the  road  to  the  Beach, 
to  bis  sob  Nebemiab  Patch;  Castle  Bill  to  bia  daugfa 
t.T  Elisabeth  Cboate,  and  Wigwam  Mill  to  his  daughter 

Mary  Lukcmau,  who.su  first  husband  was  a  BrOWO, 


Mr.  Patch  purchased  the  Winthrop  Farm  of 
Major  Samml  Eppes,  son  of  Col.  Symonds  Eppes, 
sou  ofCapt.  Daniel  Eppes  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daaghterofDep.Gov.  Symonds.  Gov.  Symonds 
gave  the  name  of  Argilla  to  bis  i  -t  ih  -  in  this  lo- 
cality. 

Mr.  Felt  in  history  of  [pswich,  says:  ••  11  19 
Dec.  18,  .b,|,n  Patch  died,  aged  78.  He  married 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Patch  of  th<' 
Hamlet.  She  died  Feb.  8,  1812,  aged  89.  He 
left  children,  Nehemiah,  Mary  Lakeman,  Elisabeth 
Choate,  Bethiah  Dodge,  Abigail  Cogswell,  Martha 
Apple  too,  Lydia  Patch,  Jemima  Brown,  Mary 
Clinton,  Eunice  Dane,  Joanna  Baker,  Hepzibafa 
Smith,  seventy-eight  grand-children,  and  twenty- 
four  great-grandchildren,  and  in  all  one  hundred 
and  fourteen  descendants.  He  had  lost  one  daugh- 
ter. He  left  a  large  estate.  lie  held  various  ofl 
ees  in  the  town,  was  Representative  in  1780,  -.. 
'84  '87,  wasoo  the  Committee  of  Correspondenc, 
and  Inspection,  [called  the  Sous  of  Liberty,]  and 
otherwise  took  an  active  part  in  the  contest  for 
Independence." 

Me  was  buried  in  hi>  tomb  in  the  South  Bury- 
ing Ground,  the  first  tomb  built  in  that  yard  His 
town  house  was  the  one  now  owned  and  occupied 
by  the  widow  of  the  late  Samuel  'J  een,  in  which 
house  he  died.  During  the  war  of  the  Revolutioi  . 
he  owned  in  company  with  Col.  Pierceof  Gloucet 
ter.  a  privateer,  that  was  verj  successful  in  taking 
pn/.  s;  so  much  so,  that  tl Id  house,  [see  pic- 
ture,] recently  torn  down,  on  the  Castle  Mill  Farn  . 
was  once  filled  from  garret  to  cellar,    with   English 

goods.       The  writer    has    in  hi-     possession     an     old 

powder  h"rn.  I i.t v i iil:  delineate. I  upon  it  a  mermaid, 
and  two  snakes  intertwined,  bearing  the  nam.  of 
./'///><  Speiuser,  1T.")7,  (an  ancester  perhaps  of  Sii 
John  Spencer,  who  recently  visited  thia  country,) 
taken  in  one  of  theso  prizes.  He  has  also  in  his 
I — ession  the  knee-buckles  and  Bhoe  buckles,  and 
the  widow  of  the  lute  Aaron  Brown  has  the  cane 
with  the  nam--  John  Hatch  engi  ived  on  a  silver 
plate,  which  he  carried  when  a  member  of  the  Gen! 
eral Court.  Me  was  usually  known  by  the  name 
of  Governor  Patch,  probablj  because  he  owned 
the  Governor's  estate.      He  waa fthc    repr  i 


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entative  men  of  his  age,  and  a  person  of  marked  and 
decided  character. 

1  here  is  an  anecdote  told  of  the  ruse  that  was 
sometimes  practiced  on  board  his  privateer,  when 
aboutjto  attack  an  English  merchantman  in  the  night. 
Theygwouid  run  out  spars  fore  and  aft,  and  place 
lanterns  upon  them,  to  make  the  merchantmen  think 
they  were  attacked  by  a  large  vessel.  Then  running 
alongside,  would  board  her,  and  drive  the  'crew  be- 
low at  the  point  of  the  bayonet. 

I  have  been  told  by  the  late  Prof.  Theophilus  Par- 
sons, that  his  father,  Judge  Parsons,  used  to  purchase 
horses  of  Mr.  Patch  ;  that  he  was  often  engaged  in 
lawsuits,  and  always  gained  his  case.  He  used  to 
pasture  horses  on  the  beach,  and  .  one  time  a  drove 
of  them  was  seen  by  moonlight,  coming  up  among  the 
sand  hills,  and  mistaken  by  the  Picket  Guard,  sta- 
tioned on  Castle  Hill,  for  a  company  of  British  regu- 
lars. An  alarm  was  given,  and  in  a  short  time  all 
the  fighting  men  of  the  village  were  on  the  road  to 
the  beach  to  repel  the  invading  foe. 

Gov  Patch  had  a  brother  in  Boston  named  Nathan. 
He  was  a  broker  and  a  man  of  large  property.  He 
was  an  ancestor  of  the  Middlesex  Patches.  He  signed 
the  Bond  as  surety  when  John  bought  the  Winthrop 
estate. 

John  first  settled  in  Hamilton.  The  cellar  of  his 
house  '«  "  to  be  "  ^en  near  the  woods  at  Wood- 
buryVt  g. 

Mary  Patch,  vof  the  et.  3  m  amily,)  was  the  first 
female  child  born  in  Govl  *  jdicott's  colony.  She 
was  born  before  they  landed  at  Salem.  Roger  Conant 
was  the  first  male  child  born. 

Gov.  Patch  was  a  short,  thick-set  man,  of  rather  an 
irracible  temper,  which  trait  is  the  inheritance  of  some 
of  his  descendants,  and  has  givun  rise  to  the  phrase 
''the  Patch  temper." 

There  is  a  funny  annecdote  told  of  his  daughter 
Mary,  who  married  a  Lakeman  for  her  second  hus- 
band :  The  old  lady  used  frequently  to  return  from 
the  village  somewhat  late  at  night,  and  as  the  road 
was  bad  and  lonesome,  one  of  her  sons  thought  he 
would  go  and  meet  her  and  see  her  safely  home. 
Concealing  himself  by  the  roadside,  he  let  her  pass, 
singing  as  she  went,  and  then,  running  after,  climbed 
up  behind  the  chaise,  (which  was  an  old  fashioned 
one  with  the^back  rolled  up,)  he  reached  in  and  pulled 
off  her  bonnet.  She  was  nearly  frightened  out  of  her 
wits,  and  dropped  the  reins,  exclaiming,  "  Old  Cloven 
Foot's  got  me !"  She  is  still  remembered  for  her 
hospitality,  and  gladness  to  see  company. 


WILL     OF     JOHN     PATCH,    ESQ.     1799. 

In  the  name  of  God,  amen.  I  John  Patch  of  Ips- 
wich, iu  the  County  of  Essex  and  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  Esq.,  being  through  the  goodness  of 
God  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  make  and  pub- 
lish this  my  last  will  and  testament.  And  first  of  all 
I  resign  my  soul  to  God  who  gave  it  and  my  body  to 
the  earth  to  be  decently  buryed  at  the  discretion  of 
my  Executors  hereafter  named,  in  hope  of  a  Resur- 
rection'to  Life  Eternal  through  the  merits  of  my 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  and  my  Worldly 
goods  and  Estate  I  give,  devise  and  dispose  of  the 
same  ss  follows,  viz., 

First,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife 
Abigail  Putch,  the  Improvement  of  my  dwelling 
L.  ;use  where  I  nuW  live  with  the  land  under  and  ad- 
joining and  other  buildings  the-eon,  and  the  Improv- 
ment  of  one  third  part  of  my  new  pew  in  the  south 
meeting  house  in  sd  Ipswich  for  and  during  the  term 
she  shall  remain  widow.  I  also  give  to  my  sd  wife 
all  my  household  furniture,  my  horse  and  chaise,  and 
one  cow,  and  all  the  provisions  which  shall  be  in  my 
house  at  my  decease.  I  also  give  my  sd  wife  the  use 
of  all  my  silver  plate  during  the  term  above  said.  And 
further  I  give  my  sd  wife  t  n  Cord  of  wood,  ninety 
pounds  of  cheese,  fifty  pounds  butter,  ten  bushels  of 
winter  apples,  four  barrels  of  Cyder,  two  hundreds  ' 
pounds  of  pork,  two  hundreds  pounds  beef,  fifteen 
bushels  Indian  Corn,  six  bushels  of  rey,  and  sisty 
Dollars  in  Cash  yearly  and  Every  year  during  the 
time  she  shall  remain  my  widow,  and  my  will  is  that 
what  1  have  above  given  my  sd  wife  shall  be  in  Lieu 
of  her  dower  in  my  Estate. 

Also,  I  give  and  devise  to  my  son  Nehemiah  Patch 
and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  Ever,  that  part  of  my 
farm  Called  the  Island,  bounded  as  followes,  viz.,  be- 
ginning at  the  Uausway  and  from  thence  running  by 
grindle  and  creek  to  the  ditch  running  to  the  other 
Causey,  thence  by  said  ditch  to  marsh  of  Benjamin 
Patch,  thence  running  southerly  by  marsh  of  said 
Patch  and  others  to  spring  cove,  thence  by  the  river 
and  ditch  to  the  Causey  first  mentioued,  reserving  to 
my  daughter  Elisabeth  Choate  and  her  heirs  the  priv- 
ilege of  passing  and  repassing  over  the  above  described 
premises  to  Pine  Island,  as  she  or  they  may  have  oc- 
casion. And  I  do  hereby  order  my  sd  sou  Nehemiah 
to  deliver  to  my  sd  wife  four  cords  of  wood,  fourty 
pounds  of  Cheese,  tweuty  pounds  of  butter,  five  bu'  of 
winter  apples,  two  barrels  Cyder,  one  huudred  pounds 
of  goorl  pork,  one  huudred  pounds  of  good  Beef,  seven 


ir>\\  nil     wiini  \ui  \\     r  .\ri-;i:> 


bu  of  Corn,  and  thirty  dollars  yearly  and  ever)  \  ir, 
raring  the  ti  .  e  ebe  Bhall  remain  my  widon  al  m) 
pow  dwelling  house  in  Lpswich.  And  I  further  order 
my  sd  son  Nehemiah  to  pa)  to  m)  daughter  Eunice 
pane  the  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  fifty  Dollars,  and 
to  my  daughter  Hepzibab  Smith  one  hundred  dollars 
at  the  tunc  and  in  manner  as  1  shall  hereafter  order. 

Also,  I  give  and  devise  to  my  daughter  Mar) 
],ik  man  and  to  her  heirs  and  assigns,  my  Lower 
(arm,  formerly  called  Wigwam  Iliii,  bounded  as  fol- 
lows,  viz.,  beginning  at  the  river  and  from  thence 
running  by  the  creek  which  parts  said  farm  from 
marsh  of  Nehemiah  Patch  to  :i  pond,  thence  running 
westerly  by  marsh  of  said  Putch  and  I  >  iix-  up  to  the 
line  where  theold  fence  formerly  stood,  and  down  in 
to  the  sea,  with  the  privilege  of  the  clams.  Also  one 
mile  in  length  of  my  beach  for  drift  wood  and  timber, 
■ring  between  the  other  parts  of  said  bench,  herein 
ner  given  t"  no)  daughter  Elisabeth  Choate.  I  also 
■ve  and  devise  to  my  said  daughter  Mary  Lakeman 
and  her  heirs  and  assigns  the  one  {half  of  my  wall 
n  in  the  meeting  house  of  the  south  parish  in  said 
Ipswich.  And  1  do  hereby  order  mj  said  d  uighter 
■ary  to  deliver  to  my  said  wife  yearly  and  every  year, 
mriog  the  time  she  shall  r  main  my  widow,  three 
inshels  of  rye,  and  to  pay  to  my  daugnter  Efephzibuh 
Smith,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  at  the  time 
and  in  such  mann<  r  as  I  shall  hereinafter  order. 

Also,  I  give  and  devise  to  mj  daughter  Elisabeth 
Cheate  and  to  her  heirs  and  assigns  that  part  of  my 
farm  called  Castle  Ilill,  bounded  as  follows,  beginning 
at  tie- < 'au~' way.  and  from  thei;ee  running  easterly  by 
Bitch  and  beach  to  the  school  marsh,  so  call 
the  ditch  which  parts  a  marsh  from  the  Lower  farm, 
lenee  running  by  said  ditch  till  it  comes  to  the  line 
■tere  the  old  division  fence  former!)  stood,  thence 
mnning  northerly  by  stid  old  line  to  Steep  Ilill  and 
own  into  the  sea,  and  from  said  Steep  Ilill  to  Cedar 
'oint  and  upper  creek  as  the  line  ruus  to  the  caswa) 
mn  mentioned,  and  half  a  mile  of  the  lower  end  of 
he  beach,  to  be  measured  at  high  water  mark,  for 
■ft  and  timber  of  all  sorts,  and  all  remainder  of  my 
rach,  with  a  privilege  of  digging  ten  barrels  of  clams 
earU  at  the  southerly  end  of  m)  farm.  I  also  give 
H  devise  torn)  said  daughter  Elisabeth  and  to  her 
t-irs  and  assign s,  Pine  Island  no  called,  bounded  as 
How<  s,  \ 'is.,  1"  ginning  at  Spi  ing  Covt 
id  from  thence  runnin  and  northerly  as  the 

ik  and  ditch   run-  round  sd    Island   to  tin-  Cove    first 

rationed,  with  a  privilege  ol    passing  and  repassing 
said  Pine  Island  overland  herein   (riven  to  m\    son 


Nehemiah,  and  also  Boars  Island,  bo  called,  with 
four  acres  of  marsh  and  thatch  bank  down  by  the 
Pines,  bounded  as  follows,  viz  ,  beginning  at  the 
river  and  from  thence  running  northerly  l>\  the 
fn-!  grindle  above  the  Pines  up  to  the  I  art  Path, 
then  running  easterly  from  Baid  t'.i  t  Path  to 
river,  so  a^  to  make  the  number  of  acre-,  above 
mentioned,  and  also  one  half  of  my  Jwall  pew  in 
the  meeting  bouse  of  ths  south  parish  in  Ipswich, 
ami  do  hereby  order  my  sd  daughter  Elisabeth  to 
provide  for  and  deliver  torn)  sd  wife  .-n  my  now 
dwelling  bouse  in  Ipswich,  four  cords  of  wood, 
fifty  pounds  oi  cheese,  thirtv  pounds  of  butter, 
five  bushels  of  winte  apples,  two  barrels  of  cider, 
one  hundred  pounds  of  good  powrk,  one  hundred 
pounds  of  good  beef,  eight  bushels  ofindiancorn 
ami  thirty  dollars  in  cash  yearly  and  every  \>  ar, 
during  the  time  she  shall  remain  my  widow  .      And 

I  do  farther  order  my  said  daughter  I.  sabetb  to 
pay  to  my  daughter  .Mary  Clinton  and  .Martha  Ap- 
pleton  and  Lydia  Patch  each  the  sum  of  nine  bun 
dred  dollars,  and  to  my  daugbetr  Jemima  Brown 
eight  hundred  and  thirty  dollars,  in  time  and  man- 
lier as  1  shall  hereafter  order.  Also  I  give  to  my 
said  daughter  Elisabeth  Cboate  my  clock. 

(  'onclvdt  'I  i a   in  xt   X"  r  h<  r. 


To  Mad.  Rsbaka    -co    hddcIs.  No.  5. 

Original  Letters  in  '     hives  of  American  Au- 

tiquarian   Society,     Wora 

Mr.  John  Hall,  Assington,  to  his  honoured  moth- 
er, Mrs.  Rebekah  Symonds,  Ipswich. 

A  particular  of  the  goods  shipt  for  my  Mother 
Aboard  Capt.  David  Andersen,  markt  S.  Sy- 
monds.) wth  Esqr  Smiths  Goods  who  is  friend  to 
Mr.  Nowil  ye  minister.  A  painted  Deske,  purple 
Bkiue  of  Leather,  l-l  ll>  of  nutmegs, an  ouuee  of 
cloves,  mase,  cynoman,  6  ells  of  Dowlas  line. 
broune  Lutestring  Hood,  two  manto   Silk  Hoods, 

3 pins,    two    pieces   narrow    Holland  tape,  8 

pieces  Broad  Holland  tape,  wrapping  canva 

Loudon,  May  the  5,  i';7.'>.  You  Bent  for  a 
fashionable  Lawne  W  hiske,  but  so  H  [a  thai  there 
is  none  Butch  now  worne,  either  by  lentil  or 
Simple,  young  or  old.  Instead  wherof  I  have 
bought  a  Bhape  and  ruffles,  which  is  now  the  ware 


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of  the  gravest  as  well  as  the  young  ones.  Such 
as  goe  not  with  naked  necks  ware  a  black  wifie 
over  it,  therefore  I  have  not  only  Bought  a  plaine 
one  yt  you  sent  for,  but  also  a  Lustre  one,  such 
as  are  most  in  fashion. 

Secondly  you  sent  for  a  Damson  Coulerd  Span- 
ish Leather  for  women's  shoes.  But  their  is  noe 
SpanisQ  Leather  of  that  couler,  and  Turkey  Lea- 
ther is  coulared  soon  the  graine  side  only,  both 
which  are  out  of  vse  for  women's  shoes.  There- 
fore I  bought  a  skine  of  the  Leather  that  is  all  the 
mode  for  women's  shoes  :  all  that  I  fear  is  tis  too 
thick.  But  my  Coz  S.  Epps  told  mee  yt  such 
thin  ones  as  here  are  generally  vsd,  would  by 
raine  or  snow  in  New  England  be  presently  ren- 
dered of  noe  service,  and  Therefore  perswaded 
mee  to  send  this,  which  is  stronger  than  ordinary, 
And  if  the  shoe  maker  fit  it  wel,  may  not  be  un- 
easy. 

As  to  the  feathered  fan,  I  should  also  have 
found  in  my  heart  to  have  Let  it  alone,  because 
none  but  very  grave  persons  (and  of  those  very 
few)  vse  it :  That  now  tis  growne  almost  as  ob- 
solete as  Russets.  Anltm  ore  rare  to  be  seen  then 
a  Yellow  Hood  :  But  the  thing  being  Civel  and 
not  dear,  Remembering  yt  in  the  years  04  and  68 
if  I  mistake  not,  you  had  Two  fans  sent,  I  have 
bought  one  more  on  purpose  for  you  :  in  every 
thing  else  I  hope  you  wil  be  pleased  with  your 
ihings. 

[Things  sent  by  Arthur  Abbott :  ten  yards 
silk,  two  yards  Lustre,  Feather  fan  and  silver 
handle,  Two  tortois  funs,  200  needles,  5  yds  sky 
callico.  Gilt  red  trunk,  silver  gimpe,  black  sarin- 
din  cloak,  a  pare  thred  stockings,  Damson  Leath- 
er skin,  0  ells  broad  Dowlas,  a  plaine  Bible,  Two 
womens  Ivorie  Knives,  one  mans  ditto,  Two 
ounces  fine  thread,  8  ditto  corser,  shape  and  Ruf- 
fles, Alamode  scarf,  plaine  Lutestring  scarf,  6 
yds  blck  ribbon.  Too  my  sister  a  pare  of  cur- 
taines  and  valents  with  silke  fringe.] 

As  to   Cosen   Epps,    he  himself  hath  left   his 


Letters  with  Arthur  Abbott :  and  in  now  intend- 
ing for  about  3  weeks  time  to  keep  Madame  Sy- 
monds  Company,  whilst  the  Justice  is  in  London. 


The  William  M.  Rogeks,  alluded  to  in  your 
August  edition,  soon  after  the  date  of  his  adver- 
tisment  therein  re-printed,  (1818,)  removed  to 
Bath,  Maine,  where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  and  ship  building,  and  acquired  consid- 
erable property.  The  large  and  finely  located 
mansion  in  which  he  lived  for  many  years,  and  in 
which  he  died,  is  n  >w  "  The  Military  and  Naval 
Orphan  Asylum."  His  only  child  yet  living,  is 
the  Hon.  William  Rogers,  of  Bath,  a  prominent 
ship  builder,  and  at  present  Senator  from  his 
county  William  has  two  daughters,  one  of  whom 
married  Levi  C.  Wade,  Esq.,  of  Newton,  for  a 
time  Speaker  of  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. N. 

Query.  Please  ask  your  correspondents  if  thej 
can  give  me  any  information  concerning  Capt. 
Robert  Newman  of  Ipswich. 

George  E.  Newman,  Bath,  Maine. 

John  Harris,  barber,  1743. 

Abraham  Knowlton,  joiner,  1743. 

Doct.  Jehn  Calef,   1750. 

Doct.  Joshua  Burnham,  1752. 

Nathaniel  Lord,  hatter,  1753. 

Benjamin  Brown,  blacksmith,  1759. 

Lieut.  Philip  Lord,  1759. 

Dea.  Robert  Lord  widow  Abigail,  buried  July 
29, 1742. 

Deborah  Knowlton,  wid.  Dea.  Knowlton,  died 
April  25,  1743. 

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NO.     XLI. 


The    Wintkrop  and  Bumham   House.   1633. 

The  quaint  old  house,  [pictured  above  by  Mr. 
Howe  in  1880,]  was  built  according  to  tradition 
ami  record  by  Jo:  Winthrop,  jr.,  1633.  It  was 
the  home  of  his  family  and  the  birthplace  of  some 
of  his  children.  Here  his  first  wife  died,  and  to 
this  home  he  brought  Elisabeth  Reade  Winthrop, 
hi*  second  bride.  The  Burnhains  possessed  the 
house  after  the  Winthrops  migrated  to  Connecti- 
cut, and  for  2<>o  years  it  was  their  homestead, 
always  retaining  however,  the  name  of 'Govern- 
or's House." 

Mistress  Winthrop  had  two  sisters  in  Ipswich: 
Margaret  Reade  Lake  who  came  with  her,  and 
Martha  Reade  Symonds,  who  followed  a  little 
later.  These  sisters  were  born  in  Wick  ford,  Es- 
sex Co..  Eng.  In  "  The  Ancestry  of  Priscilla 
"Baker"  their  lineage  is  traced  from  Win.  Reade 
Of  Wickford,  who  died  in  1584.  William  hail  a 
son  Roger  who  died  in  l.">.Vs;  Roger's  son  Wil- 
liam died  1 603  ;  William's  son  Kdmaud  was  the 
father  of  Mistress  Elisabeth  Winthrop  and  her 
sisters — Symonds  and  Lake. 

This  Edmand  was  born  in  1568  and  died  in 
l  623  ;  he  was  twice  married,  <  I  |  to  Tbomasiue 
Wallenger,  and  (2)  to  Elisabeth,  who  survived 
him  and  married  for  her  second  husband  the  fa- 
mous Rev'd  Hugh  Peter.  The  children.of  Edm. 
and  Elisabeth  Reade  were: 


Edmund,  born  1595  died  young. 

William,  lived  at  Birchanger,  married    Anne    til- 

leyn,  died  1659. 
Margaret,  married  John   Lake,  sin.'  came  to    New 

Lngland,  died  at   Ipswich,   1672. 
Martha,  married  <  1  )  Daniel   Eppes  of  Kent,    and 

i:')  Saiul  Symonds.  She  died  in  Ipswich,  1662. 
Edmund  boi  n  1604  and  died   1  6  1  3 
Thomas,  married  Priscilla  Banks,  died  1662. 
Elisabeth,  born   hill  died   1672,  wife  of  Winthrop 

Margaret  Reade  Lake  had  three  children.  John 
Hannah  and  Martha  John  and  Hannah  were 
mentioned  in  their  grandfather  Reade's  will.  Mar- 
tha, who  was  born  later,  married  Thomas  Harris, 
of  Ipswich,  l"i  Nov.  1647,  and  was  the  mother 
of  SergtJohn  Harris,  Margaret,  wife  of  Dea.  Jo: 
Stamford,  and  others. 

Here  and  there  in  published  wills  and  i%  The 
Winthrop  Papers"  we  find  references  to  these 
sisters:  Edmund  Reade  gave  "To  my  Son  in 
Law  John  Lake  and  to  my  Daughter  Margrett 
Lake  forty  shillings  a  peece  to  make  ym  Rings, 
and  to  John  Lake  and  Anna  Lake  theire  Children, 
20sh  a  peece,"  for  the  same  purpose 

William  Read  gave  his  sisters  Lake.  Symonds 
and  Winthrop.  each  " one  gold  ring  of  twentie  sh. 
pi  ice."  In  l»',:.7-s,  Mrs.  I.u.ie  Downing  speaks 
of  "  Colonell  Reade."  und  Bays  thai  "the  Sonn  of 
bis  sister  Lackes  is  with  him.'  In  1649,  Lady 
Deborah  Moody  writing  to  John  Winthrop,  jr., 
sends  her  "respectiue  loue  to  his  wife  and  Mrs. 
Laeke."  In. March  and  October,  1654,  Deae'n 
Child    of    Water  town,     in  a    letter    to    Winthrop, 

"psents  his  seruices  to  Mrs.  Winthrop  and   Mrs. 
Lake,"  and  in  1650,  Josiah  Stanborough  of  L.  I. 

does  the  Same.       A  letter  of  Hannah  (Lake)   Cal- 
lup  may  be  found  OH  pagl  9  97   3,  vol     I.  "erics   ."., 

Mass.  lli-4.  Collections,  one  «.t   Pri  billa  (Banks) 
Reade  on  page  101,  and  on  pag  -   :i   quaint 


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epistle  of  Mistress  Margaret  Lake  of  Ipswich  to 
her  brother  Winthrop,  who  was  then  on  a  visit  to 
England.  This  letter  we  shall  reprint  in  another 
number. 

The    Will  of  Mrs.  Margaret   Lake,  1672. 

In  the  name  of  God.  Amen.  Y  Margrett 
Lake  ot  Ypswich  in  Americha,  in  the  shire  of  Es- 
sex, widdow,  being  weake  of  body  yet  of  good 
and  pfect  memory  and  vnderstanding,  praysed  be 
God,  doe  dispose  of  that  little  estate  God  hath 
lent  me  as  followeth  : 

Yn  primas,  y  give  and  bequeath  vnto  my 
Daughter  Hanah  Gallop  and  her  children  all  my 
land  at  new  London,  also  my  best  gowne  and  my 
red  cloth  petty  coate,  and  my  enameled  ring,  and 
after  her  decease  my  will  is  that  my  grand  daugh- 
ter Hanah  Gallop  shall  haue  the  said  ring 

Also  I  give  unto  my  grand  daughter  Hanah 
Gallop,  a  pare  of  sheetes  and  one  of  my  best 
pewter  platters,  and  one  of  the  next. 

Ytem,  y  give  vnto  my  Daughter  Martha  Harris 
my  Tapstery  coverlet,  and  all  my  other  apparell 
which  are  not  Disposed  of  to  others  ptcularly, 
and  y  give  unto  ber  my  mantle,  and  after  her  de- 
cease to  all  her  children  as  their  need  is.  Also 
the  coverlett  of  Tapstery  after  my  daughter  Mar- 
thas decease  y  give  it  to  my  grandson  Thomas 
Harris,  and  he  dyeing  without  vsue,  to  his  broth- 
er John,  and  so  to  the  next  of  the  children. 

Also y  give  to  my  daughter  Martha  my  gold 
ring,  and  my  will  is  that  after  her  decease  my 
grand  daughter  Martha  Harris  shall  have  it. 

Ytem.  Y  give  vnto  my  grand  daughter  Mar- 
tha Harris,  my  bed  and  bed  stead  and  one  bouls- 
ter,  two  blanketts,  two  pillows  and  one  coverlett. 

Ytem.  I  give  to  my  grand  daughter  Elizabeth 
Harris,  one  heifer  at  my  couzen  Eppses. 

Ytem.  I  give  to  my  grand  daughter  Margaret 
Harris,  my  carved  box,  and  one  damaske  table 
cloth,  and  six  damaske  napkins. 

Ytem.  ray  will  is  that  all  my  bras  and  pewter, 
with  the  rest  of  my  house  hold  stuffs  vndesposed. 


be  equally  divided  amongst  my  daughter  Harrises 
children. 

Ytem,  Y  giue  and  bequeath  vnto  my  son  Thom- 
as Harris  all  the  rest  of  my  estate,  viz.,  my  part 
of  the  vessell  and  all  my  debts,  etc,  only  my 
bible  excepted,  which  I  give  to  my  grandson  John 
Harris  and  a  pare  of  fringed  gloves. 

Y  apoynt  my  son  Thomas  Harris  and  my 
daughter  Martha  Harris  executor  and  executrix 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  this  thirtieth 
day  of  August  in  the  yeare  of  Grace  sixteen  hun- 
dred seaventy  and  two — 1672. 

MARGKET    LAKE. 

Thomas  Knowlton,  sen'r, 

James  Chute. 

Att  the  Court  held  at  Ypswich  the  24  of  Sept. 
1672,  Thomas  Knowlton  testified  vpon  oath  that 
this  is  the  last  will  and  testament  of  >'rs.  Margret 
Lake  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge. 

Robert  Lord,  clerk. 

James  Chute  testefied  ditto  31  March,  1674. 

Mrs  Lake,  hir  Ynventory.  Decemb  the  24, 1672. 
Ytem — all  the  land  which  is  mentioned  in  the 
will  at  new  london  or  neare  there  vnto,  which  the 
said  Mrs.  Lake  gave  her  daughter  Gallop  before 
she  made  hir  will. 

One  tapstery  coverlett,  bedstead,  feather  bed 
and  a  flocke  bed  and  three  downe  pillows  ;  Three 
pr  blanketts,  three  old  coverletts  and  a  boulster 
and  piece  of  canvas  ;  a  searge  sute  and  a  crimson 
pete  coate  ;  a  parcell  of  weareing  c  othes,  pette 
coates  and  bodyes. 

baking  pan,  bason  and  ure,  pastie  plate,  pew- 
ter dishes,  poringers,  cullander,  candlesticks, 
sugar  box,  warming  pan,  noster,  three  carved 
boxes,  two  wrought  joyned  stooles,  band  baskets. 

Two  old  silk  wast  coats,  and  a  new  blue  silke 
one,  scarlett  mantle,  three  scarfes  and  whiskes 
and  a  piece  of  silke  besydes. 

four  pare  of  Holland  sheetes  and  three  pare 
and  one  sheetes  of  others  ;  damask  table  cloth  and 
six    napkins ;    sixteen    napkins    and     five     table 


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cloaths  ;  fowr  corse  napkins,  sonic  holland  pillow 
beeres  ami  two  others  ;  three  pillow  beeres  ami 
four  shifts,  her  iredding  shift,  a  great  bible,  a 
pare  of  gloves,  a  box  of  small  tinning,  a  cuvverd 
cashen,  h  Bmall  box  with  several  samplers,  lares 
ami  hroydered  workes,  two  glasses,  two  gould 
rings  a  trunke,  brass  ami  yron  potts  and  kettells, 
one  cow. 

The  following  is  the  lirst  Advertisement  of  the 
Ips.  Fem.  Sena  and  is  valuable  as  giving  the  date 
of  the  erection  of  the  building,  and  the  name  of 
the  tirst  Principal. 

IPSWICH    CLASSICAL    SEMINARY. 

THK  suhscriher  respectfully  informs  the  public 
that  he  expects  to  open  a  SEMINARY  for  young 
Ladies,  at  Ipswich,  Mass.,  on  the  last  Wednesday 
in  April.  The  location  being  in  a  pleasant  health- 
ful village,  with  a  new  and  spacious  edifice  erect- 
ed for  its  accommodation,  and  under  circumstan- 
ces in  which  the  Instructor  and  the  Inhabitants 
intend  nothing  shall  be  wanting  to  meet  the  rea- 
sonable expectations  of  l'atrons  &  Pupils,  cither 
with  respect  to  terms,  studies  or  accommodations 
it  is  confidently  hoped  their  share  of  patronage 
from  abroad  will  not  be  inconsiderable. 

For  more  detail  of  information,  reference  must 
be  had  to  hand  bills,  which  have  been  extensively 
circulatad,  or  may  be  had  upon  application  to  the 
subscriber.  HERVEY   WILBUR. 

Ipswich,  April  20,  1826 


A  house  owned  and  occupied  by  a    man  named 
Fisher,  Once  StOOd  On    Last    street,     between    the 

Boardman  house  and  ('apt.  Richard  Lakaman's. 
It  was  partly  upon  land  lately  owned  by  William 
Leather  land,  mm  the  property  of  James  Glover. 
Mrs.  Fisher  decided  to  take  a  large  Qal  -tone 
from  her  garden  for  a  door  Step  In  removing  it. 
an  Indian  grave  was    discovered.      The    skeleton 

was  sitting  upright*  and  by   it  were  arrowheads, 


spearheads,    a    tomahawk    and     kettl".      The    re- 
mains were  left  undisturbed.  —  Com. 


When  the  late  Mr.  Daniel  L.  Hodgkins  dug  the 
cellar  of  his  last  residence,  he  found  vats  and 
other  evidences  that  the  land  had  been  occupied 
us  an  old-time  tannery.  —Com. 


March  14, 1709.  Voted  yt  ye  Tything  -Men 
take  their  turns  every  Sabbath  Da\  with  \e  As- 
sistance of  a  Neighbor,  to  Look  after  ye  boys,  yt 
ye  Day  may  not  be  prophaned  by  them. 

An  article  concerning  the  Goodhues,  and  a 
Diary  of  Capt.  .lohn  Light  who  married  Debo- 
rah  Smith  of  Ipswich,   will  soon   be  printed. 

WILL     OF     .JOHN     LATCH      ESQ.     1799. 
Concluded. 

Also  1  give  and  devise  to  my  two  daughters,  Be- 
thia  Dodge  acd  Abigail  Cogswell,  and  to  their  heirs 
uDd  assigns,  my  dwelling  house  in  which  I  m>w  live 
with  the  land  under  and  adjoining,  and  other  build- 
ings thereon,  to  be  equally  ^divided  between  them, 
and  to  come  into  possession  of  the  Ban  e  at  mj  wife's 
marriage  or  decease,  which  ever  shall  first  happen. 
And  further  I  give  my  -'1  daughters,  Bethiah  and 
Abigail,  each  the  mum  of  two  bundn  <\  dollars,  to  be 
paid  to  them  by  my  grandson,  Tristram  Brown,  the 
one  third  part  thereof  in  one  year  after  mj  decease 
one  third  part  in  two  years  after  mj  decease,  ami  the 
Miinr  third  part  in  three  year-  after  in\  decease. 

Also  I  v,'v*'  ;""'  devise  to  m\  said  grandson,  I'ris- 
trim  Brown, and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns,  u  certain 
piece  of  land,  situate  in  said  Ipswich,  containing 
about  forty  acre-,  which  v.  is  formerly  Wainwrighi  u, 
and  which  I  purchase  d  of  John  Winthrop,  Esq'r,  and 
I  do  hereby  order  him,  my  »d  grandson,  to  provide 
for  and  deliver  to  my  said  wife.  of  wood 

and  three  bushels  of  rye  yearlj  ond  everj    year,    dur- 
the  time  she  shall  remain  my  widow-.     And  I  fur- 
ther order  mj  -d  grandson   to  pnj    to  mj  i«"  daugh- 


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ters  Bethiah  Dodge  and  Abigail  Cogswell  each  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  and  to  my  daughter 
Hephzibah  Smith  one  hundred  dollars,  at  the  time 
affixed  for  the  payment  of  sd  legacies  in  this  my  will. 
And  further  I  give  and  devise  to  my  sd  grandson, 
Tristram  Brown,  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns,  my 
half  of  a  wood  lot  lying  in  Chebacco  woods,  so  called, 
in  Ipswich,  which  I  own  in  partnership  with  my  son- 
in-law,  John  Baker. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  daughter 
Mary  Clinton  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  dollars  to  be 
paid  to  her  by  my  sd  daughter  Elisabeth  as  follows, 
viz.,  onehunurcd  dollars  at  the  end  of  one  year  after 
mv  decease,  and  so  one  hundred  dollars  at  the  eud  of 
each  succeeding  year,  uutil   the  whole  is  paid. 

Also  I  give  and  devise  to  my  sd  daughter,  Jemima 
Brown  and  to  her  heirs  and  assigns,  my  Thatch  Nubs 
which  are  grown  and  are  growing  up  in  Chebacco 
river,  a  little  abo*re  the  Nub  called  the  Castle.  I  also 
give^to  said  daughter  Jemima,  the  sum  of  eight  hun- 
dred and  thirty  dollars,  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  sd 
daughter  Elizabeth  as  follows,  viz.,  the  one  third 
part  thereof  in  one  year  after  my  decease,  one  third 
part  thereof  in  two  years  after  my  decease,  and  the 
other  third  part  thereof  in  three  yrs  after  my  decease. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  two  daugh- 
ters, Martha  Appletou  and  Lydia  Patch,  each  the 
sum  of  nine  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  to  them  by 
my  said  daughter  Elisabeth,  as  follows,  viz.,  the  one 
third  part  thereof  in  one  year  after  my  decease,  one 
third  part  in  two  years  after  my  decease,  and  the 
other  third  part  thereof  in  three  years  after  my  de- 
cease. I  also  give  my  said  daughter  Lydia  Patch, 
my  silver  tankard,  to  be  delivered  to  her  at  my  wife's 
second  marriage  or  decease,  which  ever  shall  first 
happen. 

Also  1  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Eunice 
Dane,  eight  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  be  paid  to 
her  by  my  said  son  Nehemiah  Patch  as  follows,  viz., 
the  one  third  part  thereof  in  one  year  after  my  de- 
cease, the  other  third  part  thereof  in  two  years  after 
my  decease,  the  other  third  part  in  three  years  after 
my  decease. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Joanna 
Baker,  eight  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  be  paid  to 
her  out  of  my  monies  due  to  me  on  bond  or  notes  of 
hand  by  my  executors  as  follows,  one  third  part 
thereof  in  one  year  after  my  decease,  one  third  part 
thereof  iu  two  years  after  my  decease,  one  third  part 
thereof  in  three  years  after  my  decease. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter    Hephzi- 


bah  Smith,  eight  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  to  be  paid 
to  her  by  the  following  persons,  viz.,  one  hundred  dol- 
lars by  my  said  son  Nehemiah,  two  hundred  dollars 
by  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Choate,  three  hundred 
dollars  by  my  daughter  Mary  Lakeman,  one  hundred 
dollars  by  my  grandson  Tristam  Brown,  and  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  doll  irs  by  my  executors  out  of  the 
monies  due  to  me  on  bonds  and  uotes  :  one  third  part 
thereof  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  one  third 
pait  thereof  within  two  years  after  my  decease,  and 
the  other  part  within  three  years  after  my  decease. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  two  grandaugh- 
ters,  Joanna  Choate  and  Mercy  Lakeman,  each  the 
sum  of  fifty  dollars,  to  be  paid  by  my  executors  in 
the  same  way  and  manner  and  at  the  same  time  as  I 
have  ordered  the  legacy  given  to  my  said  daughter 
Baker  to  be  paid. 

Also,  1  will  and  order  that  all  myjust  debts,  funer- 
al charges,  and  expenses  of  settling  my  estate  be 
paid  by  my  executors  hereinafter  named,  out  of  my 
pergonal  estate,  and  the  legacies  which  I  have  ordered 
my  executors  to  p  iy,  and  all  the  residue  and  remains 
of  my  estate  of  what  name,  nature  or  kind  soever,  I 
give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  my  twelve  children, 
herein  before  named,  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them.  And  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my 
two  sons-in-law,  Ster  heu  Choate,  jr.,  and  Oliver  Ap- 
pleton,  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 
And  disannulling  all  former  wills  by  me  made,  I  do 
hereby  publish,  pronounce  and  declare  what  is  writ- 
ten on  this  and  the  foregoing  sheets  of  paper  hereto 
annexed,  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament.  In  wit- 
ness whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this 
twenty-fifth  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousaud  seveu  hundred  and  ninety-nine. 

JOHN  PATCH. 

Signed,  sealed  and  delivered  by  the  sd  John  Patch, 
the  testator,  to  be  his  last  will  aud  testament,  iu  pres- 
ence of  us  who  subscribed  our  names  thereto  as  wit- 
nesses in  his  presence  and  in  presence  of  each  other : 

William  Dodge, 

Thomas  Burnham, 

Daniel  Noyes. 

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IPSWICH,     MASS.,     NOVEMBER,     1883. 


NO.     XI.  II. 


Dea.  Samuel  Goodhue,  Hollis,  N.  H. 

Dea.  Samuel  Goodhue,  ihe  author  oi  (he  annexed 
Address  was  the  youngest   and  fourteenth   child    of 

Dea.  Joseph  (ion, lime  <>l'  [pswich,  who  was  the  Mm  of 
Willi  >iii  Goodhue,  the  emigrant  I  In-  name  Goodhue, 
variously  spelled,  may  be  traced  in  Kent  ami  vicinity 
to  the  year  1280. 

Dea.  Joseph  Goodhue,  son  of  Dea.  William,  mar- 
ried  i  1  I  Sarah,  youngest  daughter  of  Kldei  .John 
Whipple,  <-  widow  Kebekah  Todd,  (3;  widow  Mer- 
cy  I  llarke.  Sarah  (  Whipple  i  left  a  "  Valedictory  ami 
Monitory  Writing,"  re-printed  in  the  Antiquarian, 
I  'i  c<  niber,  I  -  - 

Samuel  Goodhue,  (whoso  mother,  Mercy,  was  the 
third  wife  of  his  father,)  was  born  at  [pswich,  April 
6,1696,  and  died  at  Hollis,  N.  H.,  Nov.  7,  17s;>. 
He  married  Abigail  Bartlett  ami  settled  in  Str.itham, 
N.  11.  Lie  afterward  moved  to  Nottingham,  where 
he  was  Deacon  lor  many  years,  lie  married  (-) 
Bebckah  (Lull)  Caldwell,  widow  of  Deacon  Jacob 
Caldwell  of  Ipswich.  Be  removed  to  Mollis,  whirr 
at  the  advanced  «j:e  of  78  he  married  (3)  widow 
Sarah  Varham,  with  whom  he  lived  twelve  years. 
He  died,  in  bis  ninetieth  year,  triumphantly  support: 
ed  by  the  religion  he  professed.  He  left  a  Bible  to 
each  of  hi-  grandchildren,  a  legacy  to  the  pourol 
Hollis,  and  the  following  Address  to  Uis  Descendants, 
which  was  no  doubt  suggested  by  the  Monitory  Pa- 
per  of  his  father's  first  wife,  which  was  printed  a 
hundred    years   b  lore,   and    read    and  re-read   in  all 

Ip.-Wleh   fum 

The  Advia  "»';  Counsel  of  Dea.  Samuel    Good- 
hue to  his    Children  and  Descendants: 

Beloved  Children  and  Descendants:  As  it  hath 
pleased  the  God  of  Heaven,  in  hi-  sparing  mercy,  to 
lengthen  out  my  life  fir  beyond  the  most  of ,,  v  fej- 
low  creatures,  into  tie  ninetieth  year  of  my  age :  and 
hath  increased  the  branches  of  my  family  to  a  great 
Dumber,  and  ae  you  are  scattered  so  far  from  me,  to 
the  east,  w<  st,  north  and  suuth,  that  I  oao  ni  vet  ex- 
pect to  see  you  together   in    this   lite;  for  doubtless 

the   tin f   my   d  parture  i      *'  band;   therefore  I 

write  to  you, having  great  concern  lor  your  precious 
souls,  lest  you  should  »  t  lost  in  the  wilderness  of  this 


world,  which  is  bo  full  of  snares  and  temptations  to 
keep  yon  out  of  the  w  i\  to  lo  a\  on,  which  if  you  miss 
you  »re  undone  forever;  without  the  hope  of  mercy. 

It  is  likely  you  are  encumbered  with  the  cares  of 
thio  world  ;  hut  do  not  let  the  cares  of  tie  b  1 1)  hin- 
der the  care  you  ought  to  take  of  your  souls;  for  if 
you  should  gam  the  whole  world  and  lose  vour  own 
souls,  the  loss  Can  never  he  made  up;    lor    Wtlal  call  a 

man  give  in  <  xchange  for  his  soul  '! 

The  blessed  Son  of  God  had  such  pity  fur  soul,, 
and  such  a  desire   lor  their  sal.ati  m,   tl>.  t    lie    came 

down  from  heaven,   laid  down     llis  life,     ai.d     shed     his 

precious  blood  on  the  cross,  to  mike  an  atonement 
to  the  justice  of  God  the  Father,  for  the  sins  and  of- 
fenses of  such  as  believe  ana  trust  in  him.  >s  true  hum- 
ble penitents 

By  our  unhappy  F  II,  wo  were  all  condemned  by 
the  righteous  law  of  God,  which  was  broken  by  <'ur 
first  p.ieuts,  aid  by  US  in  them,  and  We  must  h  ive 
suffered  the  wrath  of  God  forever,  h  d  notour  blessed 

Redeemer,  as  a  compassiouate    i Isiiini,    appeared 

md  paid  the  debt  tor  us.  If  we  lhatikfullj  accept 
whit  he  hath  done  for  us;  if  we  complyjwith  his 
blessed  invitations  to  come  to  him  in  a  way  of  true 
bumble,  thankful  obedience  to  bis  commands,  a-  weary 
lieavj  laden  sinners,  we  may  expect  i  H  :  Ibl  *  hrisl 
n  iii  promised  to  give  it  to  alljsuull  a-  so  e.  me,  and 
those  that  eome  he  will  in  no  wise  cast  out. 

I  bope  some  of  you  have  been  convinced,  by  the 
1 1    ■■    Spirit,   oi    mii.  ami   the  need  of  a  Saviour,  and 

bave  < iplied  with    hi-    blessed    invitations;  and    if 

you  hive  i  eceived  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  give  God 
the  glory,  by  taking  him  for  tie-  pattern  of  Your  lives, 
b  1 1 1 _r  cart  tnl  to  imitate  his  blessed  ei  imple  by  doing 

the  will  ol  God  the  Father.       Hut  those   o|     vou     who 

are  yel  in  a  state  of  nature,  consider  your  danger;  lor 
if  you  should  he  called  aw  i\  by  death  Dei Ol*<  \  iU  ..re 
renewed  by  grace,- your  future  state  will  be  forever 
hopeless.  Remember  what  Christ  paid  to  Nichode 
mus,  that  except  a  man  be  horn  again,  he  canna 
tie-  kingdom  of  God.  Therefore  delay  not,  but  im- 
prove the  present  oj  portunity,  in  seeking  to  God  jfor 
Ins  Holy  Spirit  to  convince  you  of  sin,  to  enlighten 
your  minds,  to  renew  and  sanctify  your  wills  ami 
make  you  new  creatures,  that'you  maj  answer  the 
end  of  your  creation,  wbiob  i>  to  glorify  God   and  en- 


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joy  hi iii  forever  :  for  those  who  honor  God,  he  will 
honor  with  a  blessed  reward  of  grace,  to  prepare  them 
for  everlasting  happicess  in  heaven.  Remember  you 
were  made  by  God  and  for  him,  and  have,  I  trust, 
been  given  up  by  your  parents  to  him  in  baptism. 

Consider  the  many  bonds  and  obligations  you  are 
under  to  love  and  serve  the  God  who  made  you,  for 
creating  goodness,  redeeming  love  and  mercy,  and  lor 
supplying  you  with  breath  every  moment,  which  you 
ought  to  improve  to  his  glory,  by  praising  him  for 
mercies  received  and  seeking  to  him  for  mercies 
needed ;  for  we  are  all  poor,  needy  creatures,  unable 
to  help  ourselves:  therefore  we  must  go  to  God  in 
Christ  for  help,  in  every  respect,  asking  in  his  name 
for  all  we  want.  Therefore  do  not  live  like  those 
heathen  who  cast  off  fear  and  restrain  prayer  before 
God,  who  are  those  wicked  with  whom  God  is  angry 
every  day,  who  through  the  pride  of  their  countenance 
will  not  seek  God.  (Ps.  vii,  11,  and  Ps.  iv.)  If  any 
of  you  live  in  the  neglect  of  God  and  your  own  souls, 
consider  your  dauger :  for  if  you  coutinue  so  until 
death  comes,  I  can  see  no  hope  for  you.  butyru  must 
be  cast  off  forever,  for  there  is  no  promise  of  mercy 
to  any  but  such  as  ask  and  seek  for  it.  Therefore 
seek  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found,  call  upon  him 
while  he  is  near.  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way 
and  the  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts,  and  turn  to 
the  Lord,  snd  he  will  have  mercy  upon  him  and 
abundantly  pardon.  (Is.  iv,  6th  and  7th  verses.)  I 
advise  you  to  read  the  whole  of  the  chapter  and  im- 
prove it  for  your  good  :  in  which  you  may  see  the 
loving  invitations  of  a  blessed  Saviour  to  come  to  him 
as  the  full  fountain  of  life  and  happiness  which  is 
freely  offered  to  you.  It  is  my  heart's  desire  and 
prayer  to  you  all,  that  you  may  give  glory  to  God  by 
accepting  a  blessed  Saviour  and  giving  up  yourselves 
to  him  an  everlasting  covenant,  never  to  be  forgotten, 
as  it  is  your  duty  and  interest  to  do. 

Let  the  word  of  God  be  prized  and  improved  as  a 
perfect  rule  to  walk  by  to  direct  you  in  the  way  to 
heaven  :  and  attend  the  preached  gospel  at  all  oppor- 
tunities, and  esteem  the  faithful  ministers  of  the 
word  very  highly  in  love,  for  their  work's  sake;  and 
pray  to  God  for  his  biessing  on  what  you  read  and 
hear  for  your  soul's  good  ;  arid  remember  the  Sab- 
bath day  to  keep  it  holy ;  and  beg  of  God  to  give  you 
a  true  and  saving  faith  in  Christ,  that  you  may  trust 
in  him  alone  for  the  pardon  of  your  sins  and  the  sal- 
vation of  your  souls.  Do  not  say  as  some  lazy,  sloth- 
ful creatures,  we  can  do  nothing,  and  so  rest  easy  and 
unconcerned,  as  if  you  had  no  souls    to  care    for.      I 


know  you  can  do  nothing  by  all  your  performances 
that  is  the  least  meritorious:  but  remember  it  is  youi 
duty  to  wait  upon  God  in  the  ways  of  his  appoint* 
ment,  by  reading,  hearing,  meditation  and  prayer, 
asking  and  seeking,  for  God  has  promised  to  give  his 
Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  him  ;  and  if  you  ask  in 
Christ's  name,  there  is  hope  of  obtaining  mercy,  foi 
God  is  a  God  of  wonderful  goodness  and  mercy,  and 
to  be  found  of  those  who  seek  him  with  all  the  heart. 

I  have  had  long  experience  of  his  goodness,  evea| 
from  my  very  infancy,  being  fitherless  before  I  was 
two  years  old  :  and  by  the  mercy  of  God  have  been 
provided  for  to  this  day. 

And  now,  my  children  and  descendants,  I  exhort 
and  charge  you  all  to  put  your  trust  in  a  good,  gra- 
cious God,  of  whose  goodness  I  have  had  such  large 
and  long  experience.  For  blessed  is  the  man  who 
trusteth  in  the  Lord  and  whose  hope  the  Lord  is.  0 
give  up  yourselves  soul  and  body  to  this  God  in  an 
everlasting  covenant,  and  by  the  help  of  grace  resolve 
with  Joshua,  that  buth  you  and  yours  will  serve  the 
Lord,  which  is  the  earnest  desire  of  my  soul  concern- 
ing you.  Let  not  the  morning  and  evening  sacrifice 
of  prayer  and  j  raise  be  neglected  by  you  ;  but  take 
time  for  the  service  of  God  and  the  good  of  your 
souls.  Do  not  be  much  concerned  about  your  bodies, 
which  are  mortal  and  of  short  continuance,  but  let 
your  chief  care  be  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of 
your  souls,  which  must  be  happy  or  miserable  forever. 

If  you  will  take  the  advice  of  a  blessed  Saviour,  to 
seek  first  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness, 
you  need  not  fear  wanting  anything  that  would  be 
best  for  you,  for  those  that  fear  the  Lord  shall  want 
no  good  thiug.  But  do  not  be  idle  and  slothful,  but 
diligent  in  some  lawful  business,  and  God  will  bless 
your  labors  for  a  support,  if  you  ask  his  blessing, 
which  is  the  duty  of  all  to  do.  Therefore,  take  that 
text  for  your  rule  :  In  all  thy  ways  acknowledge  him 
and  he  shall  direct  thy  paths.  And  if  you  take  God's 
directions,  you  will  devote  yourselves  to  his  service, 
and  live  to  his  honor  and  glory,  observing  the  charge 
holy  David  gave  to  his  son  Solomon,  to  know  the 
God  of  your  fathers,  and  serve  him  with  a  perfect 
heart  aid  willing  mind.  For  it  you  seek  him,  he 
will  be  found  of  you,  but  if  you  forsake  him  he  will 
cast  you  off  forever.  O  take  the  warning  here  given 
by  a  nan  after  God's  own  heart,  and  seek  the  Lord 
with  your  whole  hearts  speedily,  lest  you  should  be 
cast  off  forever  for  not  improving  the  present  time  of 
life  to  the  glory  of  God  and  good  of  your  souls 

Do  not  think  of  living  long  ic  this    world,    aud   so 


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put  off  the  thought  of  death  whilst  hereafter,  for 
many  die  in  youth.  I  have  sometimes  known  three 
or  four  t  .-i  k ■  ■  1 1  out  of  one  family  in  the  spare  <it'  one 
year,  under  twenty  years  of  age,  and  you  are  all  as 
much  exposed  to  death  as  they  were,  and  if  you  die, 
before  you  are  renewed  by  irraee,  aggravated  condem- 
nation will  be  your  ruin.  The  time  [.resent  is  the 
only  lime  you  are  certain  of;  therefore  improve  it  in 
seeking  to  G«»d  for  regenerating  grace;  for  except  a 
man  be  bom  again  he  cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God. 
Those  of  you  that  are  young,  let  your  mind  be 
much  upon  death  and  eternity.  It  will  not  shorten 
your  lives,  but  it  may  be  a  meana  of  quickeuing  you 
to  comply  with  that  commandment  of  God,  to  remem- 
ber your  Creator  iii  the  days  of  your  youth.  And 
pray  to  God  to  give  you  an  interest  in  Christ,  and  en- 
able y<>u  to  choose  him  as  the  happy  portion  of  your 
Souls,  which  will  be  better  tor  you  than  all  the  world, 
if  you  had  it  all  in  your  possession.  See  the  yreat 
encouragement  you  have  in  those  words:  I  love  them 
that  love  me,  and  they  that  seek  me  early  shall  find 
me.  How  happy  are  all  those  that  have  the  love  of 
God  ;  it  is  better  than  to  have  the  love  of  all  the 
world.  O  seek  the  Lord  with  all  your  hearts,  lor  no 
good  thine  will  he  withold  from  them  that  walk  up- 
rightly. There  are  many  living  witnesses  of  it,  who 
have  seen  of  the  wonderful  goodness  of  God,  even  from 
their  childhood  to  old  age,  for  the  mercies  of  God  can 
never  be  reckoned  up  by  the  oldest  man  living. 

And  now  take  the  advice  of  your  aged  father  and 
ancestor,  early  in  life  to  give  yourselves  to  God,  in  an 
everlasting  covenant,  never  to  be  forgotten,  resolving 
by  the  help  of  grace  to  devote  yourselves  wholly  to 
love  and  serve  the  God  and  giver  of  ail  your  mercies. 
You  cannot  begin  to  serve  your  maker  too  soon,  for 
you  know  not  how  soon  you  may  be  called  away  by 
death  ;  and  should  this  be  the  ease  before  you  ans- 
wer Um  end  of  your  creation,  which  was  to  glorify 
God,  you  ean  never  expect  to  enjoy  him  hereafter,  for 
without  holiness  none  can  see  the  Lord.  Therefore, 
pray  to  God  to  give  you  a  true  and  saving  faith  in 
Christ,  that  you  may  comply  with  hi>  blessed  invita- 
tion, to  come  to  him  as  the  only  Saviour  of  sinners, 
and  tiust  lii  i  ■  j  for  the  pardon  of  all  your  Bins,  and  tor 
grace  to  live  a  life  of  holy  obedience  to  Ins  commands, 
for  such  aaeome  he  will  in  no  wise  cast  off,  but  will 
make  them  happy  in  the  enjoyment  of  hea ven  forever. 
What  I  hive  written  here  is  with  un  earnest  desire 
that  God  may  be  glorified,  not  only  by  you  who  have 
Been  mj  t  ice  in  tie-  flesh,  but  by  all  others  into  whose 
h  .lids  these  lines  may  come  ;  and  that  you  m  <\    bave 


a  hearty  love  to  your  gloi  ions  Creator,  and  blessed 
Redeemer,  the  only  worthy  object  of  the  highest  love 
of  all  rational  beings. 

S  A  HUIL    (  ioODHl  X,     17>f>. 


ABSTRACTS.     No.  V. 

SIDNEY    l'KIU.KV.    ESQ.,    ROXFORD. 

Will  of  Joseph  Morse  of  Ipswich,  planter,  dated  24 : 
2:  1646:  given  to  wife  Dorothy,  bouse,  &c.,  which  I 
bought  of  Thomas  Dormao,  and  abt  six  acres  bought 
of  Widow  Perkins;  to  son  Joseph  Morse;  to  dau. 
Hannah  my  great  Bible  that  1  use;  to  bis  wife  Dr. 
1'rcston's  works  and  Mr.  Dyke's,  besides  her  owu 
bibles,  one  great  and  one  small ;  to  son  John,  |:  ise 
and  abt  18  acres,  and  barn  b  mght  of  Francis  Jordan. 
Wife  Dorothy  sole  ex.  Wit:  Roger  LahtktO  i,  Win 
Godderson  (his mark,)  and  James  Cuute  l'ioved 
29:  7:  1646.— Vol.  1,  f.  19(63.; 

lnv.  of  est.  of  Joseph  Morse  of  [pswich,  deed,  taken 
28:7:  1646.  Amount  £83,  Is,  lOd.  App.    by    Robt 

Lord  and  Thomas  Dorman. —  Vol.   I,  f.   19  fti6 

Theophilus  Wilson  of  Ipswich  conveys  to  John 
Knowlton  of  Ipswich.  Bhoemaker,  'A  acres  of  land  with- 
in the  common  fence  on  the  north  side  of  the  river, 
whh  1  purchased  of  John  Warner,  bounded  s.  w.  by 
p]  mting  ground,  s.  e.  swamp,  n.  e.  brook,  e.  by  John 
Tut  tie  ;  lying  in  Ipswich;  dated  last  day  of  12th  mo. 
1641.       Wit  :    Rob.    Lord  an  I  Thomas    Knowlton  -- 

Vol.  I.,  f.  20  (70.) 

John  Tuttle  of  Ipswich,  yeoman,  conveys  to  M..s,.. 
Pengry  of  [pswich,  e  alt-maker,  8  acres  of  land  in  [ps- 
wich, being  part  of  the   25  acre    lott  that    he  bo't  of 
Richard  Lumpkyn  dec' d,  by  deed    bearing   d*te    27 
July,  1 638,  bouuded   by    the  grantor    and    grantee 
John  Knowlton  and  Mark  Symonds,  within   the  com- 
mon fence  on  the  north  side  of  the  river.     Dated  25 
9:  1642.  Wit;   Robert  Lord  and  John  Knowlton 
Vol.  [.,  f.  21  (71.) 

Humphrey  Bradstreete  •■!  [ps,  _>  om  in.  conveys  to 
Thos  Knowlton  oflps,  Bhoemaker,  Ins  dwelling  house 
and  lot,  in  l|,s  between  the  house  of  Andrew  Hodges 

toward  s.  w.  and  dwelling   hou f  Stephen   Jurden 

toward  b  e  highway  leading  down  to  ye  river  on   the 
north   side.     Datod  1     l     1641.    Wit     Rob.    Lord 

and  John    KnOWltOO.       Vol     [.,  f,    "'I    I  7 


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MRS.  LAKE  TO  JNO  WINTHROP,  JR. 

For  hir   ever  honnored    Brother   Jno  Winthrop, 
Esq.,  London  in  old  England. 

Honnored  Brother,  The    newes    that   you    had 
taken  so  long  a  voyage,  and  such  a  way    as    that 
wee  were  deprived  of  that  happinesse  a9  to  have 
asightofyor   selfe    (whom   to   see   would   have 
been,    and    I    hope   ever    shall     bee,    exceeding 
cheereing  and  comforting  unto  us.)    was    exceed- 
i»g  grievious  to  mee.     I  am   much   refreshed    to 
heare  that   God  as  safely  carried   you    over   the 
seas.     I  desire  God  would   prosper   you    in  your 
occasions  therein,   and  returne  you    safely    to  us 
againe.     Might  1  not  bee  troublesome   to   you,  I 
would  have  disired  yor's.  to  have   done    mee   yt 
courtesy  as  to  have  inquired  concerning  my   hus- 
bands death,  and  how    hee   ended    his   dayes,  as 
also    to    have     inquired   of  my   cousen   Thomas 
Cooke,  whether  hee  knew  whether  their  was  any- 
thing left  mee  or   no.     Something   I    left   in    his 
fathers  hands,  but  I  know  not   whether  my   hus- 
band had  it  or  no.     I  would  have    intreated    you 
if  you  heare  of  anything  comeing    to   me   yt  you 
would  bring  it  for  mee,  if  it  may   bee;  as   also  I 
would    desire   you    inquire     whether     my    sister 
Breadcale  who  dwells  in  Lee,  in  Essex,  bee   live- 
ing.     You  may  heare  of  her,  if  liveing,    at  Iron- 
gate,  where  boats  weekly  come  from  Lee.  I  heare 
my  son  and  daughter  Gallup  have    write    to   you 
about  that  mony  wch  is  due  to  ym  by  my   fathers 
will.     I  would  intreat  you  to  bee  as   healpfull    as 
you  can  in  it.     It  is  btwixt  30  &  40  yeares  since 
my  father  dyed.     If  you  have  occasion  to   search 
ye  records,  that  may  bee  of  some  direction  to  you. 
Not,  further,  but  my  due   respects    to   yors    wth 
you :  desireing  the  Lord  to  returne  you   safe   to 
us  in  his  owne  due  time,  I  remaine  Yor  most   af- 
fectionate Sistr,  Margerett  Lake. 
18th  (11  mo)  1661.  [Winthrop  Papers.'] 


STANIFORD. 

Communicated  by  S.  P.  Mayberry,    Cape  Eliza 
beth.  Maine. 

The  following  return  of  Capt.  Thomas  Savage; 
will  add  to  the  military  history  of  Ipswich.  There 
was  a  Robert  Stanford  whose  name  was  often 
spelled  Sanford  in  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  within 
a  few  years  after  the  date  of  the  following  return  ; 
and  also  1  find  one  of  the  same  name  in  Swansey, 
in  1687.  This  Robert  and  a  Thomas  Stanfordf 
were  driven  from'  Cape  Elizabeth  in  1675  by  the 
Indians.  We  are  at  a  loss  to  find  from  what 
town  the  Stanfords  emigrated  to  our  town.  Did 
Robert  continue  in  Ipswich  much  after  1662? 

May  it  pleas  this  honrd  Courte  to  understand 
that  the  Millitary  Compn  undr  the  Command 
Capt  Ihomas  Savage  have  made  Choyce  of 

John  Peas  )  „      n 

Robert  Sanford  j  for  CorP<>rall8 

Richard  Knight  for  Clarke 

Willin  darves  for  Centllman  of  pikes 

Joshuah  Hewes,  Jun'r,  fl'or  drumer 

And  desir  the  Courte  Confirmation  theareot 

testified  p  yr  Hu'ble  Servants 

THOMAS  SAVAGE, 
WILLM  HUDSON. 

29th  2  mo  (62). 


The  Ipswich  Chronicle  states  that  the  old  Fire 
Bucket  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Wade  still  hangs  in  the 
hall  of  the  ancient  Wade  mansion. 

1699.  John  Bradstreet,  mariner,  dyes  on  the 
Island  of  Barbadoes. 


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ABSTRACTS      NO.    VI. 

SYDNEY    I'hlil.KY.    I  ISQ.,    BOXFORD. 

Win.  Whitred  of  Epswich,  carpenter,  conveys  to 
"Moses  Pengry  of  Ipswich,  saltniaker,  dwelling  house, 
Int.  &e.  (one  aero  ol  land  I  wherein  the  Baid  Moses 
now  dwells,  at  tlio  northwesl  end  of  the  town  next 
the  ooBBOion  fence  gate  ;  and  5  acres  ol  vplacd  uud 
swamp,  bounded  by  Widow  Lord,  east  and  southeast, 
Simon  I Jrail^t rt'itc  gent,  south  and  southwest,  John 
Koowlton  northwest,  and  John  Tuttlc north;  and 
two  acres  of  meadow  lying  at  West  Meadows,  bound- 
ed by  Nathaniel  Bishop  south  and  southwest,  Mr. 
Wui  Tinge  west ;  also  four  acres  meadow  lately  bo't 
.  t'  Michael  Cartrik  at  Cheb  g  ">.  bounded  by  Thomas 
Newman  north  and  northeast,  common  south  and 
southwest  1:6  mo:  lfi42.  Wit:  Rob:  Lord,  Mat- 
thew Whipple.     Vol.  I    f.  21     7.'!. 

Win.  Whitred  of' Ipswich,  conveys  to  Theophilug 
Wilson  of  Ipswich,  swamp  of  seven  acres  in  common 
field  on  north  side  of  river  in  Ipswich,  bounded  by 
Mr  Simon  Bradstreet  southeast,  Mr  John  Norton, 
('•one  of  the  elders  of  the  Church  of  Epswich,")  Bouth 
grantee  northwest,  and  Moses  Pengry  northeast, 
'Zl  ■.  lu:  1642.  Wit:  John  Knowlton  and  Matthew 
Whipple.     Vol   I.  f.  21  (75 

Thomas  French  of  Epewich,  tail  >r.  for  £5,  conveys 
to  George  Varoham  ten  acres  vpland  at  Reedy  Marsh 
k  iog  between  land  of  Mr  John  Wbittingham,  Rob  : 
Day  and  Goodman  Perley,  1  April  1»547.  Wit:  Sand 
AppletOn  and  Kdward  Waldnm.       Vol.  I,  t'.  21(76.) 

Humphrey  Griffyn  of  Epswich  sells  to  Richard 
eild  of  Ipswich,  house  and  houselot  in  Epswich, 
r_'  acres,)  bounded,  houselot  > -i"  K< •!» :  Andrew-  east 
highway  to  meeting  bou«e  south,  bonselot  of  Mr. 
Bartholomew  west,  and  a  houselot  of  John  Perkins 
the  younger  and  land  of  Thomas  Boreman  north.  - 
11  me:  1641.  Wit:  Samuel  Symonda  ami  Daniel 
Epes.     Vol.  I,  f.  22  (76.) 


Henry  Bachiler  of  Ipswich,  conveys  to  Thomas 
Knowlton  of  Epswich,  6  acres  in  Ipswich,  lying  on 
hill  north  side  of  River,  bounded  by  Alexander 
Knight  forth,  Michael  Cartrick  east,  Christopher 
(  sgool  south,  and  Allen  Perlej  west.  '_'»">  12:  16*5. 
Wit :  Samuel  Somonds  and  Robert  Lord.  Vol.  1,  f. 
22  (78.) 


Winthrop,  Symonds  and  Patch  Place. 
( Second  Paper,  I 

BY    JOHN    PATCH,    K.-ij. 

Capt.  Thomas  Brown,  brother  of  Tristram  Brown 
and  son  of  Mary  Patch  by  her  first  husband,  was 
among  the  first  to  visit  the  northwest  coast,  on  trad- 
ing voyages.     He  used  togo  to  the  Sandwich  Islands 

fur  sandul-WOod,  thence  to   the    islands   on    the    coast 

» 

for  fur-seal,  then  to  China  and  dispose  of  his  cargo, 
and  come  liume  by  way  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope 
with  a  cargo  of  tea.  He  erected  quite  extensive  salt 
works  at  tho  lower  farm,  by  the  river,  below  the 
house.  The  writer  remembers  Uiem  and  has  eaten 
salt  manufactured  there.  The  writer  recollects  also, 
the  Captain's  daughter,  Charlotte  Brown,  who  on  ■ 
visit  to  her  Uncle,  attended  the  Argilla  district 
school.  She  was  an  only  daughter  and  very  beauti- 
ful.    Capt.  Brown  lived  in  Bingham. 

The  Castle  Hill  Farm  passed  from  Stephen  Choate, 

(husband  ol  Elisabeth  Patch,)  to  Capt.  James  Mc 
G      ind  John  Williams,  ancestor  of  John  I>  Williams 

who  owned  at  one  time  a  large  p:irt  of  Blickstooe    St. 

Boston.  The]  put  a  thousand  Merino  sheep  on  the 
place.  Some  of  the  rams  cost  a  thousand  to  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  a  piece.  This  speculation  proved  a 
failure.  The  "p.t  got  among  them  and  they  died 
i.\  icori  -. 
MeOce  and  Williams  went  into  Bankruptcy  uml 
•  Iirn  Faun  was  purchased  by  James  Baker 
son  of  John  Baker  who  married  .lo.iinia.  daughter   of 


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Gov.  Patch.  It  passed  from  bim  to  his  brother  John 
Baker;  ind  from  John  Baker  to  the  late  Manassah 
Brown,  son  of  Tristram  Brown  to  whom  Gov.  Patch 
gave  the  Jacob  Perkins  or  Wainwright  Place,  pur- 
chased of  John  Winthrop  of  Boston.  McGee  was 
afterwards  the  proprietor  of  the  largo  hotel  at  Nahant 
which  was  burned. 

The  writer  saw    the   old    British  man-of-war,  La 
Hague,  which  lay  outside  Ipswich  bar,   for   nearly  a 
week,  during  the  war  of  18 12.     He    has  in    his  pos- 
session aTour-pound  shot,  thrown  at  the  house  on  the 
Island,-  the  part  of  the    Winthrop    estate  given    by 
Gov.  Patch  to  his  son  Nehemiah.     And  John  Patch 
(the  writer's  father,)  drove  his  cattle    to   Ring's    Is- 
land to  conceal  them,  and  carried  his  silver   ware    to 
his  brother  Isaac  in  Hamilton;  expecting   evory   day 
the  British  would  land  and  pillage  the    place.     They 
did  land  on  Plum  Island,  and  were  capturing    an    ox 
for  a  supply  of  fresh  beef,  when  Bob  Pitman*  a  simple 
minded    fellow,    shouted,    "  More   a-coming,  more  a- 
eoming !  Capt.  Sutton  !"  and  they    left   the  ox  upon 
the  shore  and  fled  to  their  boats. 

A  boat  with  a  swivel  gun  landed  at  Cape  Am, 
with  muffled  oars,  but  was  discovered,  and  the  church 
bell  was  rung.  After  pushing  hastily  from  the  shore, 
the  British  put  a  double  charge  into  their  swivel,' 
saying,  "We'll  stop  that  damned  tell-tale!"  The 
recoil  split  the  barge,  and  they  were  all  captured. 

Nehemiah  Patch  was  at  Ticonderoga  at  the  time 
of  Burgoyne's  surrender.  He  belonged  to  a  horse 
company,  and  his  silver-handled  rapier  was  carried 
to  California  in  1849,  by  the  writer,  and  lost  in 
one  of  the  large  fires  in  San  Francisco. 

The  writer  has  also  an  old  Queen's-arm  which  his 
grandfather  [Nehemiah,]  picked  up  on  the  battle 
field,  and  a  cartridge  box.  Also  two  tables  and  three 
wooden-seated  chairs,  which  belonged  to  Gov.  Patch. 
One  is  a  dining  table,  around  which  the  12  daughters 
(all  of  whom  married,)  gathered  at  dinner  ;  and  the 
otherasmalilow  tea-table  from  which  they  sipped 
tea  in  the  garret  of  the  old  Farm-house,  a  picture  of 
which  is  given  in  the   Antiquarian   for   September. 


Tea  was  a  tabooed  article  and  Gov.  Patch  a  "  Sor 
of  Liberty,"  and  his  daughters  did  not  dare  drink  if 
openly. 

The  writer  has  also  a  feather-fan  with  a  carved 
ivory  handle,  which  be'ooged  to  the  ministerial  fann 
ily  of  Wigglesworths  at  the  Hamlet. 

Bethiah,  the  third  daughter  of  Gov.    Patch,    mar- 
ried a  Dodge.     He  was  a  brother  (?)  of  Sheriff  Wm. 
Dodge,  whose   office  imposed   on   him    the  duty  of 
whipping  criminals.    The  Whipping  Post  and  Stocks 
stood  not  far  from  the  First   Parish    meeting   house. 
Being  a  tender  hearted  man  !  he  was  accustomed  to 
accept  a  daceur,    not  to  chastise   too  severely.     The 
last  time  he  performed  the  ceremony  in   Ips.  (having 
received  nis  usual  fee,)   the  culprit  said  to  him    as  a 
blind,   «  Now,    Sheriff,   I  beg   of  you,   strike  fair." 
Dodge  answered,  «  You    stand    fair,    and   J '11  strike 
fair."     Then  he  flourished  his  cat  'o  mue  tail  as  tho: 
he  intended   to  cut  the  criminal  in    two.     But  the 
keen-eyes  of  some  charitable  spectators   noticed    that 
the  lash  really    fell   on  the  naked    back  as  the  gentle 
dew  upon  the  grass,  or  a  snow-flake  upon   the   water. 
My  father  witnessed  this  last  whipping  scene. 

Martha  Patch,  another  daughter  of  the  Gov.  mar- 
ried Capt.  Oliver  Appleton.  He  was  a  descendant 
of  Samuel  Appleton,  to  whom  was  granted  Appleton 
Farm  in  the  earliest  settlement  of  our  town,  and  from 
whom  the  Boston  Appletons  and  our  worthy  towns- 
man Fuller  Appleton  also  descend. 

Joanna  Patch,  married  John  Baker,  the  father  of 
James  and  John  Baker  who  afterwards  owned  Castle 
Hill  Farm.  The  Bakers  were  one  of  the  earliest  and 
richest  of  the  Ipswich  Families— allied  by  marriage 
to  Maj.  Gen.  Denison,  Dep.  Gov.  Symonds,  the  Apple- 
tons,  &c. 


To  Mad.  Rebekah  Symonds.  No  6. 

Original  Letters  in  the  Archives  of  American  An- 
tiquarian Society,  Worcester. 
Assington,  July  27,  1675.  Poore  Brother  Har- 
lackenden  hopes  for  a  better  accomodating  of  his  Af- 
fairs in  New  England  then  Here :  he  hau'g  Bennet 
to  goe  to  Law  with  there,  as  also  some  other  Commis- 
sioners for  S.  Epps :   he  has  bin  sinse  ye  5th  of  may 


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173 


Last  from  my  house  iu  Essex    <>r    Bedfordshire,    but 
the  23d  he  returned  againe.     My    Ant   phelps    and 

her  two  sous  are  all  well.  M\  vncle  John  Swaincs 
children  are  one  way  or  other,  they  say,  seteled:  my 
vncle  Bennet  Swaioe  isnow  vpon  the  marriage  of  his 
children  :  and  i  am  told  yt  on  the  20th  luetant, 
Cozen  Anne  Swaine  married  one  Mr.  Hatchet,  a 
french  merchant,  an  only  son  of  a  wealthy  Citizen 
whouie  they  say  is  worth  five  hundred  per  Annum. 
But  ye  old  gentleman  being  a  Luetic  Widower  t is 
feared  he  may  by  a  new-marriage  settle  some  estate 
on  a  new  progeuic,  thereby  to  be  propagated.  As  to 
my  ( .'«'Z  Bennet  Swaioe  bee  is  fairly  promised  to  an 
Aldermans  Daughter  with  whome  he  is  to  have  above 
two  thousand  pounds  sterling  :  and  tis  purposed  his 
nuptials  may  be  solemnized  about  Michaulmas  next: 
my  uncle  James  Hall  and  Ant  Berry  desire  to  bee 
Remembered  vnto you:  she  hath  lately  buried  her 
nurse,  one  jt  she  much  grieves  for  having  bin  her 
constant  servant  for  abouc  .It",  years. 

.May  4,  1677.  He  sends  3000  pins,  2  ells  Holland, 
being  Aunt  Swain's  token,  '1  copper  «tew  pans,  a  light 
violet  couler  petti  coat,  being  my  wife's  token  to 
yrself.  [These  were  sent  by  Mr.  Stockman,  who 
agreed  to  deliver  them  in  person.]  The  peticote  was 
Bought  for  my  wifs  mother  and  scarcely  ever  worn. 
This  my  wife  humbly  presents  to  you,  requesting  your 
acceptance  of  it  for  your  own  wearing,  it  being  grave 
and  suitable  for  a  person  of  quality.  Also  whilst  I 
was  buying  your  Lyning  of  ray  Cozen  Bennet  Swaine, 
he  desired  me  to  send  the  two  ells  of  Holland  to  you 
as  a  Token  from  iry  Ant  Swaioe, 

Mr.  Hall  of  Esse*  and  wife  desire  both  to  bee  re- 
membered to  yon,  and  would  gladly  bear  when  you 
write  tomce,  HowJnorad  ffran:  Graves  doe  and  dc- 
meane  themselves  &  whether  Mr.  Broughton  be<  vet 
Liveinif. 


COL.  NATHL   WADE    PAPERS.     NO.  III. 

I  In  possession  of  Mr.  Francis  II.    Wade.) 

SUPPRESSION  OF  SHAY  REBELLION. 

Camp  Roxburt,  19th  Jan'y,  1787.  The  Gen'l 
will  beat  at  half  pa>t  five,  half  past  mi.  the    Revellie, 

at  which  time  the  troops  will  parade  &  march  off  a* 
soon  as  possible,  from  the  Right  by  files  in  the  f.llow- 
ing  order:  The  advance  Guard,  two  pieces  of  Artil- 
lery with  its  ammunition.  The  line  with  two  pieces 
ol  Artillery  &  its  ammunition  in  the  Centre,  and  the 
remainder  [torn.  | 

'1'he  troops  will  be  halted  for  a  few  momenta  ar 
the  end  of  every  three  miles,  and  at  less  distance  if 
water  can  bo  with  much  ease  obtained. 

Tare  will  be  taken  that  the  troops  be  not  march 'd 
too  fast,  that  they  do  not  in  any  way  insult  or  injur? 
the  inhabitants;  to  protect  them  is  our  indispensable 

duty. 

The  <^u'r  Master  General  will  order  soma  suitable 
Officer  to  be  in  advance  of  the  Line  and  provide 
\Yrood  &  Covering  for  the  uaeof  the  Troops  at  Sud 
bun,  east  side  of  the  causeway. 

Sudbury,  20  Jan !y,  17*7.  Col.  John  S  Tyler  is 
appointed  Adjt  Gen'l  on  this  command  &  is  to  be 
respected  as  such.  ...  It  is  necessary  forj  the 
troops  to  march  to-morrow  to  Worceafa  r 

The  utmost  decency  is  to  be  observ'd  thro'  the  d;.\ . 
no  music  upon  the  march,  &  Bilence  i»  to  be  observ'd 
when  passing  the  Houses  of  Publiok  Worship 


Here  lyeth  ye 

Bo  ly  of  Mrs 

Priscilla  Backer 

Who   died   .Janr   ye    2d 
I !'.'>:'>  [  aged   ^">  y< 


Here  J.K-.  Mrs.  Sarah 
I  taker  wife  of  Ml 
William   Baker  died 
July  ye   1st    1722 
GO  years.     The  Bodj 
Sleeps  in  ye  dns! 
till   Resurrection 
of  ye  just     Then  soul 
a.   bods    meet  again 
a    Kuer  with  yp   Lonl 
n  main. 


If 


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LAKE     AND     GALLUP. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Lake,  (according  to  a  paper  pre- 
pared by  Mrs.  Caroline  Gallup  Read,)  was  widow  of 
John,  brother  of'Sir  Thomas  and  nephew  of  Arthur, 
Bishop  of  Wells  and  Bath.  She  died  about  (Sept] 
1672,  and  bequeathed  lands  in  New  London  to  her 
daughter  Hannah  Gallup. 

Ihave  in  iny  possession  the  original  Conveyance^" 
John  Gallup  (3)  of  these  lands  to  his  son  Nathaniel, 
brother  to  the  Thomas  who  emigrated  to  Ipswich 
from4Plainfield,  Conn.,  thence  to  Boxford,(for  which 
latter*act  I  presume  Love  Curtis  was  a  sufficient 
cause,)  which  he  describes  thus  :  ubelonging|to  me  in 
Right  of  my  Hond  Father,  Capt.  John  Gallup,  Late 
of  Stouington,  Dec'd,  and  in  Right  of  my  Hono'd 
Grand  Mother,  Madm  Margriett  Lake,  Late  of  New 
London,  Dec'd."' 

The  Conveyance  was  "  Signed,  Sealed  &  DD  In 
PrSeuce'of  Elnathan  Minor,  George  Denison/'.'on^the 
."'.il  July,  1733,  and  recorded  at  New  London  on  "the 
9th  June,  1736.  John  Gallup  was  about  90  years 
of  age  wheu  he  signed  the  above. 

1  have  also  a  silver  button  from  the  military  coat 
of  Capt.  John  Gallup  2,  (husband  of  Hannah  Lake) 
killed  at  the  Narragansett  Swamp  fight,  and  after- 
wards buried  on  the  Narraganset  shore,  at  Wickford 
R.  1.  There  were  twelve  buttons  iu  all ;  and  the 
number  was  never  broken  until  two  vears  a°-o  when 
secured  one. 

The  house  in  Boston,  of  Capt.  John  Gallup,  the 
emigrant,  was  located  at  what  is  now  221  Hanover 
street;  and  Gallop's  Alley,  at  the  foot  of  which  "ye 
Buck"  wasgwont  to  be  moored,  and  where,  perhaps 
Capt.  John  and  his  wife  Christabel,  embarked  for 
Ipswich  to  visit  friends,  is  now  Mechanic  street. 

—  Letter  of  A.  A.   Galloupe,  Beverly. 


JONATHAN     GOODHUE. 

The  following  paragraph  will  have  interest    to    the 
Ipswich  families  allied  to  the  Goodhues  : 

"  This  marble  bust  was  presented  to  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  by  the  merchants  of  New  York,  more 
than  thirty  years  ago,"  said  Secretary  George  Wilson 
as  he  carefully  brushed  the  dust  from  the  finely 
sculptured  head  of  the  late  Jonathan  Goodhue,  who 
50  years  ago  was  one  of  New  York's  most  prominent 
merchants  and  philanthropists.  Like  many  of  the 
valuable  postraits  which  adorn  the  walls  of  the  room, 
this  bust  is  not  allowed  to  be  tampered    with   bv    the 


janitor.  Secretary  Wilson  has  religiously  dusted  j 
once  a  month,  during  the  16  years  he  has  held  tin 
office,  as  John  Austin  Stevens,  his  predecessor,  die 
before  him.  Wheu  the  Chamber  moves  into  its  ele 
gant  quarters  in  the  new  bui.ding  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Ins.  Co.  this  bust  of  Jonathan  Goodhue  will  be 
placed  in  the  prominent  position  to  which  it  is  en 
titled.  Many  stories  are  told  of  the  old  merchant'! 
kindliness  and  philanthropy.  He  was  regarded  as 
the  Peter  Cooper  of  his  day. 

He  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  June  21,  1783,  and 
came  to  New  York  in  1807.  His  business  prospered 
and  he  ranked  as  an  uncommonly  successful  and 
wealthy  merchant.  He  died  in  1848.  It  is  related 
of  him  that  he  never  forgot  an  old  friend,  no  matter 
how  humble  the  latter  might  be.  The  cartman  who 
on  his  first  arrival  in  New^  York  took  his  baggage  to 
his  lodgings  was  employed  by  him  until  old  age  made 
the  cartman  inactive. 

By  Mr.  Goodhue's  imperative  request  his  fureral 
was  of  the  simplest  character  possible.  Only  the 
relatives  and  most  intimate  friends  of  the  family  were 
mvited,  and  only  a  single  carriage  followed  the  hearse 
to  the  grave.— New  York  Times. 


Hera  Lyes  buried 

the    body   of 

Mr.   Daniel  Rindge 

aged  84  years.   Deed 

Novr  ye  30th  1738. 

Here  Lyes  Intared  what  was  mortall  of  Mrs.. 
Anna  Baker,  wife  of  Mr. 'John. Baker  &  Daughter  of 
Mr.  John  Perkens  who  died  April  ye  27,  1716,  aged 
19  years  &  4  months  wanting  one  day. 

Here  Lieth  the  body 

of  John  Baker,  Esqr 

who  died   A.ugst 

1st         1734,    aged         44 

years 


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Col.  Francis  Wainwright's  Will.  1711. 
Copied  by  Arthur   W.   Dow. 

Colin.  (Francis  Wainwright's  Esq.,  Will,  proved 
and  allowed. 

In  the  name  &  (Fear  of  God,  Amen.  I  (Francis 
Wainwright  of  Ipswich  in  ye  County  of  Essex  in 
ye  province  of  ye  Massachusetts  Hay  in  New 
England,  Merchant,  being  sick  and  weak  of 
liodv  yet  thru  ye  great  Goodness  of  God  of  clear 
ami  perfect  understanding  and  of  Disposeing 
mind  and  memory,  Doe  make  and  Ordaine  this  & 
no  other  to  he  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  in 
manner  and  (Forme  (following. 

fflrst  and  principally  1  Recomeud  my  [mortal! 
Soul  10  3od  who  gave  it,  bopeing  thro  ye  mercy 
of  God  &  Meriits  of  my  Dear  Redeemer  Jesus 
Christ  to  have  full  and  imv  pardon  of  all  my  sins 
iV  a  glorious  Resurrection  in  the  hay  of  Christ's 
appearance  att ye  Great  and  Last    Day.    and    my 

Body  1  Comilt  to  ye  Earth  whence  it  was  taken. 
to  be  Decently  buryed  utt  ye  Discretion  of  my 
Executrs  here  after  named,  with  ye  advice  of  my 
surviving  (Friends.  And  as  for  That  Temporal  or 
Worldly  Estate  which  Ii  hath  pleased  God  to 
bestow  upon  mee  I  will  Bequeath  &  Dispose  of  In 
manner  &  (Tonne  (Following  : 

Imp.  I  will  that  all  m\  just  >v  Lawfull  Debts 
and  my  (Funeral!  charges  be  Doely  &*  Timely 
pavd  i>y  my  Executrs  hereafter  Named. 

Item.  I  give  &  Bequeath  t<>  the  Church  <>i  [pa- 


wich  ye  sum  of  five   pound-  moms.   •,,   be   payd 
over  fr  a  pieceof  plate  for  ye  I. "id's  Table. 

It.   I  give  &  bequeath  to  Mis.  Elza'tb  II;i-i    of 
Salem,  with  whom  I  had  Covenanted  for  M 
for  the  Love  I  have  to  her,  the  Sum  of  One    hun- 
dred pounds  mone\  . 

Item.   I  give  and  bequeath  to    mv   kinswi 
Mis.  Mary  Whipple,  who  hath   been  kind  to  mee 
in  health  and  sickness,  ye  sum  of  Ten  pounds. 

It. -in.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  ye  Reverd  Mr. 
Jno.  Rogers  minister.   The  -mm  of  five  poun  i-. 

Item.  I  give  to  the  Revd  Mr.  Jabez  fh'tch  ye 
Sum  of  Ten  pounds. 

Item.   I  give  to   my   Loveing    >v      i   (Friend 

Daniel  Rogers,  •school    master,    the    sum   of  live 
pounds. 

Item.  That  whereas  I    have   already   given   to 
my    Daughter   Sarah    Minott    alias    Wainwright, 
The  full  Sum  of  Two    hundred  ami    fifty    pounds, 
my  will  is  that  my  other  two   daughters,    Eliza'h 
Wainwright  and  Lucy  Wainwright  shall    each   of 
them  have  ye  full  sum  of  Two  hundred    and    fifty 
Dishoursed  and  payd  to  them  out  of  mv   Estal 
make      them      Equall       with      their      S  - 
then  all  the  remainder  of  mv  Estate  I  aft'  l     I  • 
vV.    foregoing    Legacies    arc   payd   as  afore  said,) 
both  Reall  and   personall  to  he    Equally    Divided 
among  all  mj  Three  Daughters   aforenamed    both 
for  quantity  and  Quality  , 

Item.    I  will  and  Desire  that  my     Mother     Epes 
may  have  a  mourning  Sute,  ■_:  ven  t>v  ui\   I 
at  my  (Funerall. 

Lastly.  I  constitute,  ordaine  vv  appoint  my 
Loving  llrother  t  apt.  John  Whipple  of  Ipswich  & 
ins  son-iii  law  Mi.  Stephen  Minott  of  Boston  to 
he  Joy nt  Executrs  of  this  mv  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment. 

In  Confirmation  that  this  is  mv  hist  will  A    I 


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lament  I  have  here  unto  set  my  hand  and  affixed 
my  seale  This  second  day  of  August  Anno  Dom. 
One  Thousand  seven  hundied  and  eleven. 

Signed — seuled — -published  &  declared  1o  be  the 
Last. Will  and  Testament  of  said  tfrancis  VVain- 
wright.  Jn  presence  of  us  Witnesses:  John 
Harris,  John  Staniford,  John  Wainwright. 

[In  the  Antiquarian  Papers  for  January,  1880, 
is  the  Coat  of  Arms  and  inscription  upon  the 
tomb  of  Col.  Francis  Wainwright,  SewalPs  record 
of  his  burial,  his  son's  funeral,  &c] 


The  Buxton  Transcript  has  the  following  Query  : 
(7171 .)  ^Are  there  any  descendants  or  relatives 
of  the  late  Jonathan  Phillips  of  Ipswich,  Mass., 
to  whom  a  portrait  of  him  would  be  valuable.  — 
Said  portrait  is  nearly  or  quite  a  hundred  years 
old .  —  F. 


Thomas  Bishop. 

Thomas  Bishop  appeared  in  Ipswich  in  the  ear- 
ly settlement  of  the  town,  and  died  here  in  his 
own  house  in  1671.  His  will  is  on  file  at  Salem. 
He  left  about  five  thousand  pounds  in  properties  : 
land,  houses  and  vessels,  with  about  one  thousand 
pounds  liabilities.  He  was  a  leading  merchant 
and  shipper  of  Ipswich. 

He  left  his  son  Samuel  to  succeed  in  his  busi- 
ness. His  son  John  became  a  physician  and  re- 
moved to  Bradford,  and  shortly  hefore  his  death 
moved  with  his  wife,  son  and  daughter  to  Med- 
ford.  From  Dr.  John  of  Med  ford  descend  Heber 
R.  Bishop  of  New  York,  builder  of  the  Elevated 
R.  R.  and  Nath'l  H.  Bishop,  the  well-known  au- 
thor of  "  A  Thousand  Miles  Walk  across  So.  Am- 
erica," "  Voyage  of  Paper  Canoe,"  &c. 

N.  H.  Bishop,  Esq.,  writes  :  "Thomas  Bishop 
died  in  1671,  in  Ipswich,  and  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren lived  there  long  after  his  decease,  and  from 
this  we  infer  that  his  grave  is  there.  Has  he  a 
gravestone?  at  what  age  did  he  die?  what  is  the 
date  of  his  birth?     In  his  will  he  savs  :  "  I  give  to 


my  brother  Paul  of  Kingston  a  hogshead  of  to- 
bacco to  be  sent  over  to  him  when  the  crop  arrives 
from  Virginia."  There  were  14  Kingstons  in 
England  at  that  time  :  Kingston  on  the  Thames, 
Kingston  on  Hull,  &c.  In  what  vessel  did  Tho : 
Bishop  come  to  this  country?  did  he  come  direct 
Ui  Ipswich  or  stay  awhile  in  some  other  place?  I 
will  give  anyone  fifty  dollars  who  will  find  the 
birth-date,  with  satisfactory  evidence,  of  Thomas 
Bishop,  who  died  in  Ipswich,  1671. — Nathaniel 
H.  Bishop,  Lake  George,   Warren  Co.  N.  Y. 


A  Diary  published  in  the  Historical  Collections 
of  the  Essex  Institute,  (Vol.  viii  p.  242,)  refers 
to  Joseph  Dana,  who  immigrated  from  Ipswich  to 
Athens,  Ohio,  1815.  He  was  a  son  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Joseph  Dana.  At  the  death  of  Joseph  of 
Athens,  a  memorial  sermon  was  preached  in  the 
So.  Church,  Ipswich,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Fitz  :  "  Athens 
Nov.  25,  1817  Esq  Dana  and  myself  took  a  ride 
of  12  miles  to  see  the  land.  Rode  on  horseback, 
which  tired  me  considerably.  The  roads  are  very 
bad,  and  this  method  of  travelling  is  best.  Mr. 
Dana  told  me  he  never  rode  before  he  came  here, 
and  now  he  has  rode  200  miles  at  a  time.  He 
appears  to  be  a  perfect  gentleman,  and  is  very 
much  respected  here.  He  has  paid  me  every  at- 
tention." 


Rev.  William  Adams,  a  native  of  Ipswich,  and 
a  minister  of  Dedham,  wrote  in  his  Diary  :  "  An- 
no Christi  1650,  May  27,  I  was  bor'n^a  sinner  in- 
to an  evil  world.  Annol666,  June  11,  I  first 
went  to  school  to  Mr.  Andrews  :  abode  with  him 
till  August  10,  166  7."  Records:  "1668.  In  ansr 
to  the  peticon  of  William  Adams  a  student,  &c. 
the  Court  judge  it  meet  to  impower  Jno.  Adams, 
the  peticoners  guardian  to  make  a  good  sale  of 
the  peticoners  lands,  for  the  ends  exprest  in  the 
petition."  Mr.  Thomas  Andrews  kept  school  in 
a  one-story  building  which  stood  upon  the  site  of 
the  old  Grammar-School-House,  now  owned  and 
used  as  a  barn  by  Thomas    Tilton.     Mr.    Fzekiel 


/ 


ll'.sW  It   II       AN  I  1<  >1    ARIA  s       I  "A  I  I   US 


Cheever  taught  and  lived  in  the  same  placi  .  pr<  - 
viou9  lo  Mr.  Andrews.  The  ancient  Cheever  Sch. 
House  was  turn  down  in  the  earlj  part  of  the 
present  century.  Schoolmaster  Andrews  died 
July  10,  IG83,  unmarried;  his  estate  wa9  settled 
by  two  of  big  nephews,  John  Andrews  and  Daniel 
Hovey.  165G.  the  will  of  John  Ward,  somel 
resident  at  Ipswich  in  .\en  England,  dated  :'^ 
!'  em.  LG52,  gives  to  Thomas  Andrews  books 
and  Chirurgrj  chest  &  all  yt  is  now  in  it. 


Mi-s  Sarah  F.  Jeweft,  Stratham,  X.   11..  -ends 
tin'  following  copyings  from  Uoftin's  Neicbury : 

"Mr.  Ralph  Cross  was  born  in  Ipswich,  ll 
isl,  1700,  came  to  Newbury,  in.  Sarah  John- 
Bon,  and  was  cur  of  the  most  useful  and  pa- 
c  and  pious  citizens  of  the  town;  was  one 
of  the  3even  persons  who  made  a  present 
bouse  t<>  Mr.  Parsons  whom  he  boarded  gratis  at 
his  own  bouse  for  three  years,  and  gave  a 
Bhare  of  the  expensi  of  building  a  meeting  house. 

Joseph  Muzzey,  horn  1628,  m  Esther  Jack- 
man,  9Feb.  L6G1,  he  died  30  Dec.  1680;  he  lived 
in  what   '.  i  Muzzey's  lane,  now    Marlboro 

is  from  Ipswich  and  a  son  of  Robert 
Mn/ 

••  Rev.  Nehemiab  Porter  of  Ipswich,  m    Rebee- 
ni.  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  I  [ale. 

Richard  Shatswell  ol  Ipswich,  m  Eleanor  Che- 
ney. 17  Dec.  169G,  she  was  born  29  Mch,  IG79,  al 
K  1 1  ry . 

pt.  Win.  White,  [pswich,  then  Newbury, 
then  II  iverhill,  where  be  d.  28  Sept.  IG90,  aged 
lO  yeai  8. 

Hannah,  daughter  of  John  FarrOw  of  Ipswich, 
in .  9  June,  l  ■'■'•  <  •  Nathanu  Fo  om  >l  l  seter. 
son  ol  John  Folsom  t  hi    ■ 

lieu  Lys  ye  Body  of  Wiilliam  Houeard,  who 
Died  July  ye  25th,  L709,  &  in  ye  75  yeai    ol 

! 


IL.   NATII  I.    WADE    PAPERS      NO.   I\  . 
M  .    /  //.    Wa 

SUPPRESSION  OF  SHAY  REBELLION, 

Regemental  Orders.  Jan'y  I'.Uh,  1787.  I 
Ollicersofthe  several  Companies  will  see  that 
their  men  are  supplied  with  three  dav-  provi 
including  this  day,  the  provisions  to  be  cook'd 
this  Night,  as  the  Reg't  will  march  to-morrow 
Morning,  the  troops  to  parade  neai  Mr  sergent's 
meeting-house  at  half-past  '•'  o'ch 

The  Officers  are  requested  to  paj  particular  at- 
tention to  their  men,  that  they  don't  injure  the  in- 
habitants nor  their  property,  ll  their  per- 
sons. 

The  (Quarter-Master  will  as    sooi     a9    tbi     ! 

shall  march  proceed  immediately  to  Concord    and 
provide  Quarters  for  the  troops  against  they   shall 

arrive. 


1777,  August.  This  Month    was   drowned   near 
N'cwliiiryport.    Jonathan    Gallaway,     who     was 
aboard  a  Privateer  Ship  which  sunk  sudden',. 
Plumb  Island 

1 777.  ( Ct.  l  G,   died    the    wife  of  John  l 
hue.    Jun'r,     in    Consequence     of     Fall    from   a 
Tree  about  a  fortnight  before. 

1779,  June,  died  Wife  of  .lame-  Lord  by  a  Fall 
down  <  'ellar. 

1780,  Jan.  5,   hied   Daniel   Lord  very  .'suddenly 
between  7  and  -  o'clock  in  the  morning,    witl 
any  previous  Illness,  and  h\  an    unknown    D 
der,     he  ul    ~>2    Year-  of  Age   and  of  a 
pretty  healthy,  vigorous  Constitution.     /' 

I  7:»7.  October  22,  1  no  children  of  Eben'r 

lord  died  one  on  Sabbath  du\  and  the   other 
on  Monday  with  a  dysentery,  and  were  both 

I    on  Tuesda)    Oct'r    -1    in  one  coffin  to  the 
same  grave.     Such  an  Instance  lias  not  hapjx 
in  this  Parish  since  m\  Minist  rv. 


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To  Mad.  Rebekah  Symonds.  No  7. 

(Concluded.) 

Original  Letters  in  the  Archives  of  American  An- 
tiquarian Society,   Worcester. 

Sory  I  am  to  hear  yt  Mr.  D.  Epps  hath  Lost 
soe  many  hopefull  Branches  in  his  familie.  The 
following  children  to  ye  grave  is  such  a  sorrow 
that  I  must  confesse  I  never  felt  any  earthly  thing 
more  effect  my  heart. 

May  23,  1681.  Concerning  &lr.  Samuel  Hall's 
legacies  he  writes  :  Yt  business  of  Mr.  Sam  :  Hall 
and  his  wife  Lie  heavie  on  mee.  .  .  I  therefore 
doe  request  and  order  (if  not  otherwise  disposed 
of,)  that  the  cattle  in  my  Brother  Epps  hands  be 
sould  for  money,  as  much  as  they  will  yeild  ;  To 
enable  mee  to  pay  somewhat  of  the  New  English 
Legacies,  viz.  the  501b  to  Boston  poore  pple  yt 
were  made  soe  by  the  great  fire  their ;  and  50  Lb 
to  such  poore  as  suffered  of  the  Massachusetts 
Colony  by  the  Indian  warr,  in  the  distribution 
wherof  I  purpose  to  entrust  my  worthy  frind  Mr. 
Stoughton,  the  matter  being  by  S.  H.  will,  left  to 
my  discretion,  vnlesse  you  have  some  particular 
freinds  to  commend  to  mee  soe  qualified  as  may 
Receive  it  whome  in  my  Instructions  to  Mr. 
Stoughton  I  resolve  shall  be  preferred,  and  I 
thinke  Moses  Woster,  as  you  did  Intimate,  was  a 
sufferer  and  shall  be  one ;  your  servt  tfrancis 
Graves  hath  a  Legacie  of  five  pounds,  but  John  it 
seems  in  returning  nothing  of  what  he  received, 
lost  his  uncle  and  Ants  favour  quite. 

Men  30,  1G82.  If  any  old  Barnards  of  Salisbury 
New  Towne  children  be  poore  by  reason  of  their 
fathers  massacre,  I  leave  their  relief  to  your  con- 
sideration. 

Sept.  28,  1G82.  The  hair  plush  was  not  of  the 
exact  collour  of  the  pattern  was  because  I  had  it 
not  time  enough  of  Mr.  Saltingstone.  As  to  yr 
silke  Tabby  manto  I  hope  it  may  please.  Tis  not 
the  mode  now  to  Lyne  them  at  all :  but  if  you 
like  to  have  it  soe,  any  silke  will  serue  and  it  may 
be  done  at  your  pleasure. 


Articles  sent :  Tabby  flowered  manto  and  sd 
pare  of  embroidered  satin  shoes  to  wear  with  yi 
manto  as  the  mode  is,  1  yd  black  silk  plush,  2{, 
yds  narrow  lute  string,  5  yards  Allamode,  twe 
lute  string  whoods  two  spotted  gauze  whoods,  t 
fan  of  best  tortis  shell,  two  full  pleated  drolls 
3000  best  pins,  scarlet  stockings,  worsted,  hoi 
land,  collard  silke,  a  Bible,  oxford  print,  horn< 
paper,  two  sticks  sealing  wax,  2  copper  chaffing 
dishes. 

1684.  His  sister  Hale  was  dead,  her  husband: 
again  married,  and  the  uncle  of  the  new  wife,  Mr, 
Moses  Browne,  sends  love  to  the  bride,  and  hei 
mother  his  sister. 


ABSTRACTS.     VII. 

BY    SIDNEX    PERLEY,    ESQ.,    BOXl'ORD. 

Will   of  John   Satchwell  of  Ipswich,  dated  11 
Eeb  1646.  Gives  to  son  Richard  houses  and  land  ;1 
land  to  wife  Johan  ;  tkaud  my  will  is  yt  if  Richard, 
shall  not  marry  with  Rebecca  Tuttle  which  is  now! 
intended,  then  my  wife  shall  have  her  being  in  the 
house  as  is  before  mentioned  during  her  life,    un- 
less," &c.  ;  if  his  wife  Johan  and  son  Richard  die 
without  issue,  property  to  go   to   testator's    chil-! 
dren  "that  are  here  in  New  England  ;"  to  brother 
Theophilus  Satchwell ;  to  brother  Curwin  ;  to  sis- 
ter Webster.   Wife  ex'x.  Wit :    Jonathan    Wade, 
James  Howe.  Proved   30  March,    1647  — Vol.  I, 
f.  22  (79.) 

Inv.  of  estate  of  Jno.  Satchwell  of  Ipswich, 
deed,  taken  by  Jonathan  Wade  and  Thomas  How- 
lett.— Vol.  I,  f.  23  (81.) 

Thomas  Ferman  of  Ipswich,  merchant,  sells  to 
John  Prockter  of  Ipswich  his  farm  house  called 
Thorne  hill,  with  barn,  &c  ,  land,  marsh,  &c, 
bounded  by  a  creek,  John  Brown,  late  the  land  of 
of  Win.  Sawkin,  Geo.  Giddings,  lying  in  Ipswich 
— dated6:3mo:  1647.  Witt:  Samll  Symonds, 
Thomas  Lord.  He  also  granted  said  John  Proctor 
his  soldier's  lot  which  he  bought  of  Thomas  Perry. 
Wit :  Samuel  Symonds  and  William  Goodhue. — 
Vol.  I,  f.  24  (83.) 


Antiquarian  piper.';. 


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Madams  Rogers'  School. 

.!     '/'■    dition. 

Vv    en  the  present  South  Church    was  erected, 

an  ancient  bu  Iding    was    removed    from   its    site 

which    had    once    been   the    residence   of  Doctor 

i.  The  Dr.    was   a   stately    man, 

honorably  descended  from  the  long  line   of  minis- 

'  )f   his   maternal    family    it    is 

Bufficient  to  Bay    his  mother  was  a    Whittingham. 

His    wife    was   a  grandaugbtei    of  Rev.    John 

v.\      i'of<  hebacco,  a  man  of  great  physical    pow- 

•.  restler  over  the  stone-wall 

«•  his  house,)  and  mighty  in  church  and  state, 

—  fearless,  defiant,  democratic. 

Tradition  says  that  Madame  Rogers  was  a  sin- 
gularly intellectual  and  cultivated  woman  Young 
ladies  solicited  her  instructions  and  assistance  in 
their  mental  dev<  lopment,  till  her  home  became  a 
well-known  resort  for  wealthy  daughters  of  1 
ton.  Salem,  Ip iwich,  &c. 

Saturday  of  each    week    she   devoted    to    the 

j    of  the    77m'  Shorter  Catechism.      It     was 

considered  the  important  les  son  of  the  week,  and 

n<>  girl  could  possibl}  be  excused    without  a  most 

valid  reason. 

holars  wa  Mai  tin,  a  hi  ighl 

.  with  that  i  '  young  life  which  must  find 

expression     Her  fi  .who  had  re- 

tired from  I'M  an  I  lie  am 


quaint  yellow  Farley  house,  which  stood  mar  the 
stone-mill. 

Once  as  the  girls  were  arranged  before  their 
Instructress  to  receive  the  usual  Saturday  drill  in 
the  famous  book  which  New  England  revered, 
Mrs.  R  tg<  rs  was  horrified  to  hear  a  titter    which 

amounted  to  al si  a  laugh  !     Her  keen  eyes  ran 

up  and  down  the  class,  and  the   tremblii 
made  full  confession.     The   teacher   immediately 
discoursed  upon  the  sin  of   laughter  a 
ling  of  thorn-  undi  ind  vanit  .  vii. 

G   )  and  so  glaring  did  the  fault  appear  that  Lucy 
v.  a  -  not  only  severely   reprimanded  hut    smartly 
Used  with  a  rod. 

The  young  ladies  were  much  incensed  and  do- 
termined  to  justify  the  sufferer.  v  cordingly  the 
whole  school  went  to  Mistress  Martin.  As  they 
approached  the  house  they  begged  of  Lucy  to 
cry  harder,  thatthe  indignity  might  be  mor<  ap- 
parent. Mrs  Martin  quietly  listened,  and  then 
inquired:  l' What  did  Lucy  do?"  k<  She  only 
tittered  in  Cat  "  "Tittered  in  t 

said  the  astounded    Matron,  •■if  my  Lucy  tittered 
in  '  'atecbism,  I  have  not  a  woi  I  •'  the 

ITRACTS.     VIII. 

[l>     SIDNEY     I'l  Rl  EY,    1  >•'.'..    LM  >\i  OKI). 

•  l  lini  Prockter  of  Ipswich,  husbandman,   con- 
veys to  Thoma9   Firman   of   Ipswich,    merchant, 
uiv  dwelling  house  and  barn  and  houselot. 
abutting  vpon  Ipswich   river  towards  the]  north 
and  vpon  the  houi  rhomas  Wells  towards) 

the   south:     also   a    parcel   of  land,  vpland  and 


•  The     ancient     Proctor    dwelling-house    still 
Is  and  is  now  known  a  lence   < >l 

Sane;      N    H  iker,  near  the  stone  bridge. 


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meadow  (20  acres,)  lying  vpon  the  mile  brook 
towards  the  south  and  west,  and  a  parcel  of 
ground  of  .Mr.  Saltonstall's  towards  the  southeast, 
bnd  the  rest  upon  vpon  the  common  ground  in 
the  town  of  Ipswich.  6  :  3mo  :  1047.  signed  by 
mark.  Wit:  Samuel  Symonds  and  William  Good- 
hue.—Vol.  I,  f.  24,  (84.) 

Stephen  Bachilor,  late  of  Hampton  in  Norfolk 
Co.,  now  of  Strawberry  Bank,  gives  his  grand- 
children, John,  Stephen  and  William  Sanborne 
and  Nathaniel  Bacbilor,  all  now  or  lately  of 
Hampton  aforesaid,  his  house  and  ground,  &c, 
at  Hampton,  the  estate  to  be  in  John  and  his  pos- 
terit}',  he  paying  €20  apiece  to  the  other  three. — 
He  does  not  grant  that  portion  which  he  formerly 
sold  to  William  Howard  and  Thomas  Ward,  &c. 
Dated  20:  2:  1647.  Wit:  William  Wakefeild, 
William  Fifedd,  Thomas  Waldo  and  Abraha  Wai- 
ver.—Vol.  I,  t    25  (85.) 

Will  of  Robert  Hunter,  dated  5:  Gmo:  1647. 
Gives  to  wife  Mary  Hunter  a  life  estate  in  his 
hovse  and  lot;  to  Thomas  Birkby  "one  little 
browne  hetl'er  ;"  to  poor  in  the  church  of  Rowley 
£10  ;  gives  to  Richard  Clark,  John  Dresser,  John 
Burbank,  William  Jackson,  Jane  Grant,  Lisly 
Wood  and  Margaret  Crosse,  10s.  each;  to  Wm. 
Sticknee  20s.  and  k,all  my  workiday  clothes  ;"  to 
Thomas  Eletherp  10s  ;  to  Mr'is  Shove  60s.  "wch 
I  desire  may  be  for  helping  her  sonn  when  he  is 
to  goejto  Cambrig ;"  to  John  Trumbell  20s.,  to 
Edward  Sawyer  10?.,  to  Thomas  Tenney  10s., 
and  the  remainder  of  the  estates  he  gives  to  his 
wife,  Mary  Hunter,  whom  he  makes  sole  ex'x. 
Wit:  Humfry  Rayner  and  Maximilian  Jawit. 
Mem:  Abell  Langley,  if  he  shall  carry  himself 
well  towards  his  dame  shall  have  the  inheritance 
of  the  house  and  lot,  if  he  settle  there  ;  but  if  not 
then  it  is  to  be  disposed  of  by  the  church  for  the 
use  of  the  poor  of  Rowley.  Langle}7  has  leberty 
to  go  to  England  to  settle  any  estate  he  may  have 
there,  but  if  he  goes  there  to  remain  he  shall  for- 
feight  all  right  to  this  estate.   (This  memorandum 


seems  to  be  a  nuncupative  codicil  to  his  will,  ard 
was  sworn  to  in  court  by  witnesses.)  Vol  I  f.  25,' 
(87.)      [Stephen  Bachilor  lived  awhile  in  Ipswich 


as  well  as  Robert  Hunter.] 


Ipswich   Slaves. 

Our  Town  Records  occasionally  remind  us  of 
the  slaves  owned  in  town  in  Colonial  days.  Some 
of  the  following  names  are  yet  familiar  by  tradi- 
tion : 

172G,  married  Thorn  and  Flora,  negroes  of  Mr 
Benjamin  Crocker. 

1729,  married  Mr  Wade's  Peter  and  Mr  Burn- 
ham's  Sarah. 

1731,  died  Rose,  a  negro  serv't  of  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Crompton  ;  Tom,  a  negro  of  Mr  Benjamin 
Crocker  ;  Jane,  negro  of  Mr  James  Brown. 

1733,  died  Jacob,  negro  of  Col.  John  Appleton. 

173G,  died  Peter  Dick,  negro  of  Jona  :  Wade, 
Esq.  ;  Phillis,  negro  girl  of  Mr  Joseph  Abbe. 

1744,  born,  Scipio,  son  of  Scipio  and  Dinah, 
and  1750,  died  Andrew,  son  of  Scipio.  [Proba- 
bly free,  as  master's  name  is  not  given  ] 

1747,  married  Ca?sor  and  Jane  Sleigh,  servants 
of  Stephen  Emerson  ;   Jupiter  died. 

1750,  married,  Peter  and  Jane,  servants  of  Mr 
Staniford. 

1750,  died  Dinah,  a  negro  of  Coll.  Appleton. 

1751,  Jupiter,  servant  of  Samuel  Adams,  mar- 
ried Tidy,  servant  of  Isaac  Appleton. 

151,  died  Esther,  servant  of  Increase  Howe, 
tavener. 

1761,  mar'd  Scipio  and  Flora,  ser.  of  Jos  Rust. 

1762,  Plato  and  Phebe,  svt.  Dea  Matt  Whipple 
1765,  married  Ceasar  and  Phillis. 

1767,  Bristo  and  Venus,  serv.  of  Mr  Daniel 
Giddings.  Scipio  and  Peggy  Harden. 

1768,  married  Scipio  and  Ruth,  serv.  of  Lieut. 
Moses  Bradstreet ; 

1772,  Mr  Richard  Shatswell  gives  by  will  a  ne- 
gro, Peter,  to  his  wife. 

From  1782  to  1780    we  find   names    of:    Peter 


IS  I 


Il'MYI    II     AN  riQUARIAN      PAPER 


servant  of  Shu;  nil  Adams,  Peter,  svt  of  Lieul  Jo : 
Choate,  Reuben,  servt  of  Lt.  rbomaa  Choate, 
Dille  servl  of  Mr.  Jacob  Story,  Jethro  servl  Capt 
Jacob  Dodge,  Flora  servl  ofCapt  Daniel  (lood- 
bue,  Quonimono  Morris  and  < 'ate  Morris,  free  ne- 
groes, [Quomnn  do  a!wa\s  called  Cate//e,] Jupiter 
servt  of  Rev  MrJewett  married  Violet  servl  of 
wiiluw  Rebekab  Dodge,  Prince  Freeman  and  Kate 
Bervts  Mr  Joseph  Cogswell,  Plato,  freeman,  for- 
merly Bervt  to  Dea.  Wnipple,  and  Phillis  former- 
servt  to  Jona.  Cogswell  were  married  1785,  Rose, 
negro  woman  of  .Mr  Hust  found  dead  In  bed  in 
1787,  Newberry  negro  of  (apt  Rich:  Iloman, 
Edward  and  Dinah,  negroes  of  Francis  and  Thos. 
Choate. 

Oct.  '•'.  1802,  Charles  Lewi-,  negro,   was   mur- 
dered in  North  Common  Fields  bv  Cato    Haskell. 


One  hundred  and  fifteen  years  ago,  77  women 
of  Chebaceo,  with  wool,  flax  and  wheels,  wen)  to 
the  house  of  their  minister,  the  Rev'd  Mr.  John 
Cleveland  and  spun  all  day,  leaving  the  result  of 
their  labor  as  a  gift  to  himself  and  wife.  Among 
the  Wade  Papers  is  a  fragmentary  account  of  this 
parish  visit,  and  we  give  what  remains  of  it: 

[torn.]  from  several  other  ladies  who  could 
not  attend  in  prison,  amounted  To  105  twenty 
knot  skeins  of  thread  and  Yarn,  more  welcome  in 
this  present  state  ofour  country  Then  "any  im- 
ported manufactures  ofeuropeoi  the  indies,  the 
Liberalitv  of  the  ladies  above  mentioned,  and  oth- 
ers who  Generally  took  part  with  them,  did  not 
stop  at  the  labor  of  spinning,  but  furnished  the 
whole  of  i  tie  materials  and  as  good  as  the  whole 
of  th«  provision  And  refreshments  of  the  day, 
with  all  necessary  attendance,  and  Provided  for 
the  weaving  a  good  part  of  the  Cloth,  in  evening 
a  number  of  gentlemen  of  the  musical  choir  fell  in 
and  melodious  Singing  closed  the  whole. 

Vr  soft  directors  ol  the  wheel 
Who  liberal  things  dei 


EIow  shall  I  he  glow  our  b  isorna  feel 
To  due  expression  rise. 

B<   r\  ery  s«  <  el  of  life  combined 

To  cheer  \  our  \  irgin  si  i 
And  if  to  nuptial  hands  resigned, 

Still  be  your  joj  a  compli  te. 

o  if  to  heaven's  eternal  throne 
I  ur  prayer  can  find  its  wa\  . 

Immortal  weal!  h  t  hence  flow 
Your  labors  Bhall   repay. 

Your  Shepherd  with  new  joy  shall  bring 

Salvation  on  his  tongui  . 
And  hope  with  you  to  join  and  sing 

I  >ne  grateful,  endless  song. 


Sparke's  Tavern,  [671. 
June  8,  1071.  Upon  request  of  some  of  the  In- 
habitants of  ihis  Towne  to  the  Selectmen  for 
John  Sparke  to  have  liberty  to  draw  beere  of  a 
pany  a  quart  to  such  as  may  have  need  to  make 
vse  of  it.  The  Selecl  men  doth  Granl  him  license 
soe  to  doe.  pvided  he  obserues  the  orders  of  the 
gen'll  court  nor  at  any  time  to  entertaine  any  In- 
habitants in  the  night,  nor  suffer  any  pson  to 
bring  liquors  to  drinke  in  his  house  or  wine 

[The Sparke- Inn  still  stands — the  house  of  the 
late  Mary  Baker.  It  continued  an  Inn  till  after 
the  Revolution.  In  Scwall's  day  it  was  the  Sparke 
then  Rogers  house  ;  in  John  Adams'  day  it  «■« 
the  Treadwell.  Adams  gives  an  entertaining  des- 
cription of  the  rreadwells.  Ma  I'm  Treadwell  had 
a  portrait  of  her  ancestor,  Gov.  Endicott,  copied 

and  hung  in  the  Inn        The  late-  Gen.  LnittOH  told 

us  that  this  copy  was  sold   at  auction,    purchase  1 
by  John  White  Treadwell,  and  hung   by   him     in 

the  Esses   Institute.  1 

A  urns  ( !hapman,  I  iinebro<  »k  I  'ai  ish, 
wound  b\    powdei    from    tiring   a  gun,    Oct. 
1787. 

I  >n-.  8,  I  7W),  Jame    Robinson  aged    13, 
b\  •!  fall  from  n  hou  »c 


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BIRTHS.— IPSWICH. 

Continued  from  Antiguarian  Papers,  June,  18S3. 
Some  months  ago  we  printed  Ipswich  Births, 
Marriages,  Deaths,  from  1657  to  1665.  They  are 
on  record  in  the  Room  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Courts 
in  Salem :  the  following  are  Births,  beginning 
with  the  first  page  of  the  Books  in  the  charge  of 
the  Ipswich  Town  Clerk, — Wesley  K.  Bell,  Esq  , 
whose  willingness  and  courtesy  have  been  repeat- 
edly manifest  in  our  search  after  early  names. 

Sarah,  daughter  to  Mr.  Samuel  and  Sarah  Rog- 
ers, borne  Oct  14    1664. 

John  son  to  Mr  Samuel  and  Sarah  Rogers,  born 
Aprill  29,  1667. 

Sussanna  daughter  to  Mr  Samuel  and  Sarah 
Rogers  borne  mrc  17,  1667. 

Martha  daughter  to  William  and  Martha  Dur- 
gie  borne  Augst  1668. 

Nathaniel  son  to  William  and  Hanah  Goodhue 
borne  8br  24,  1670. 

Jonathan  son  to  Mr  Samuel  and  Sarah  Rogers 
borne  March  24,  1670-1. 

Mary  daughter  to  Mr.  Samuel  and  Sarah  Rog- 
ers borne  Sept  10,  1672. 

Jonathan,  son  to  Mr.  Thos  and  Elizabeth  Wade 
borne  May  ye  1st,  1672. 

Hanneh  daughter  to  Wm  and  Hannah  Good- 
hue, borne  July  4th,  1673. 

Thos  son  to  Thos  and  Elizabeth  Wade  was 
borne  Decenbr  ye  15,  1673. 

John  son  to  Mr  Thos  and  Elizabeth  Wade  was 
borne  Febr  15th,  1674. 

Margaret  daughter  to  Mr  Samuel  and  Sarah 
Rogers  borne  Oct  24,  1675. 

Nathaniel  son  to  Samuel  and  Ruth  Ingals 
borne  Febr  9,  1675. 

James  son  to  Obadiah   and    Hazelpony    Wood 

was  borne  June  ye  5th,  1675. 

Joseph  son  to  William  and  Hanah  Goodhue 
borne  March  8th,  1676. 

William  son  to  Mr  Thos  and  Elizabeth  Wade 
was  borne  Aprell  ye  20th,  1677. 


Thomas  son  to  Thomas  and  Anna  Marshall 
borne  Deer,  1678. 

Francis,  son  to  William  and  Hanah  Goodhue 
borne  Octob,  1678. 

Elizabeth  daughter  to  Mr  Samell  and  Sarah 
Rogers  borne  Octob,  1678. 

Nathll  son  to  Mr  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Wade, 
was  borne  Decembr  ye  15,  1678. 

[torn.]  son  to  Joseph  and  Mary  Lee  born  17th 
Octor,  1679. 


1696,  June  15.  Samuel  Chapman  having  built 
a  barn  upon  ye  Land  of  his  homestead  bought  of 
Mr.  Cobbett  vailed  Dymond  Island  on  ye  North- 
erly shore  of  which  a  Barn  being  sett  on  ye  Top 
of  the  Hill,  I  Received  much  Dammage  by  ye 
wind  having  such  power  on  ye  Top  of  Said  Hill, 
as  to  uncover  ye  Poof  of  Said  Barn  so  Commonly 
as  yt  I  am  weary  of  its  Repair  time  after  time, 
and  see  no  other  way  for  its  Preservation,  butt  yt 
I  must  Remoue  said  Barn  &  Bring  it  Down  Lower 
under  ye  Hill  wch  I  Cannot  doe  but  on  ye  Com- 
mon, my  humble  Petition  therefore  is  yt  you 
would  be  Pleased  either  to  give,  sell  or  change  6 
or  8  rods  for  ye  sd  end  of  securing  my  sd  Barn. 
[Land  was  given  on  easterly  side  of  sd  Chap- 
man's land.] 


At  the  beginning  of  the  Summer,  1788,  Died  at 
Sea  Andrew  Harris  ;  also  Joseph  Wilcome  by  a 
Fall  from  the  Shrowds  by  which  he  was  instantly 
killd.  Obit.  Nov.  17,  1788,  setat  20.— Frisbie. 

1787,  April  15th,  was  found  &  the  next  day 
bury'd  the  Body  of  Abigail  Jones,  who  was 
drownd  by  falling  under  the  Ice  about  7  weeks 
before.     She  was  in  ye  9th  year  of  her  age. — lb. 


1801,  Dec.  25.  Heard  of  the  death  of  John,  son 
of  Simon  Smith,  in  the  West  Indies,  by  a  fever, 
29  yrs.  1803,  Feb.  11.  Heard  of  the  death  of 
Capt  Jona  :  Lakeman  who  died  at  Aux  Ca3rs  the 
first  day  Janr,  1803,  aged  2^  —fever. — lb. 


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VOL.     IV 


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NO.     \l.\l 


IPSWICH    ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS. 

Entered  at   Post  Office  as  second  class  matter. 

Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year. 

Augustini    Caldwell,  Arthdb  \V.  Dowe. 

r.  O.  Address, — Antiquarian   Papers    Box  159, 
Ipswich,  Mass. 


THE  GREAT  IPSWICH  FRIGHT. 

From  John  G.  Whittier's  •'  Miscellanies." 
The  21st  of  April,  1 7 7 ."» ,  witnessed  an  awful 
Boraniotion  in  the  village  ol  Ipswich.  Old  men 
ami  hoys,  (the  middle-aged  had  marched  to  Lex- 
ington some  days  before,)  and  all  the  women  in 
the  place  who  were  not  bedridden  or  sick,  came 
rushing  as  with  one  accord  to  Meeting-house 
Sreen.  A  rumor,  which  no  one  attempted  to 
trace  or  authenticate,  spread  from  lip  to  lip  that 
the  British  regulars  had  landed  on  the  Beach  and 
were  marching  upon  the  town. 

A  scene  ol  indescribable   terror  and   confusion 
followed.      Defence  was  out  ol  the  question,  as  the 
young  and  ahlehodied   men   of  the  entire  region 
round  about  had  marched  to  Cambridge  and  Lex- 
ngton.  The  oewa  of  the  battle  at  the  latter  place, 
Exaggerated  in  all  its  details,    hail   been  just   re- 
ceived ;  terrible  stories  ofthe  atrocities  committed 
iy  the  dreaded  regulars  had  been  related  ;   and    it 
*as  believed  that  nothing  short    of  a  general    ex- 
termination  of  the   patriots — men,     women    and 
sbildren,  —was  contemplated  h\  the  British   corn- 
land  -i . 
Almost  simultaneously  the  people  of  Beverly,  a 
Mage  a  few  miles  distant,  were  smitten  with  the 
him  terror.   How  the  rumor   was   communicated 
could  tell.     It  was  there   believed  that  the 
•id   fallen    upon    Ipswich    ami   massacred 
H-  in  hah  lants  withoul  regard  to  age  or  lex. 


It  was  about  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  of  this 
day  that  the  people  of  Newbury,  ten  miles  farther 
north,  assembled  in  an  informal  meeting  at  the 
Town  House  to  hear  accounts  from  the  Les  ngton 
light  and  to  consider  what  action  was  a  necess 
consequence  of  that  event.  Parson  Carej  was 
about  opening  the  meeting  with  prayer,  when  hur- 
ried hoof-beats  sounded  up  the  street,  and  a  mes- 
senger, loose-haired  and  panting  for  breath,  rush- 
ed up  the  staircase.  ''Turn  out,  turn  out,  for 
bid's  sake."  he  cried,  "or  you  will  all  be  killed  ! 
The  regulars  are  marching  on  us ;  they  are  at 
Ipswich,  cutting  and  slashing  all  before  them  !" 
Universal  consternation  was  the  immediate  result 
of  this  fearful  announcement;  Parson  Carey's 
prayer  died  on  his  lips  ;   the  con  lispers- 

ed  over  the    town,   carrying   to   every   house  the 
tidings  that   the    regulars    had    come.      Men    on 
horseback  went  galloping  up  and  down  the  st 
shouting  the  alarm.     Women  and  children  echoed 
it  from  every  corner.     The  panic  became  irr< 
ible,  uncontrollable.    Cries   were   heard    that    the 
dreaded  invaders  had  reached  Oldtown    i  ridg 
little   distance   from    the    village    an  I    that 
were  killing  all  whom   they  encounter*  I     Plight 
was  resolved  upon.  All  the  horses  and  vehicles  in 
the    town'    were    put  in  requisition  ;   men.  women 
and  children  hurried  as  for  life  towards  the  north. 
Some    threw    their   silver   and    pewtei     ware    and 
other  valuables  into  the  wells.     Large  numbers 
crossed  the  Merrnnac  and  Bpent  the  night    in    the 
deserted  houses  of  Salisbury,   whose    inhabitants, 
stricken  by  the  strange  ten  or,  had   tied  into    New 
Hampshire,  to  take  up  their  lodgings  in   dwel 

also  abandoned  by  their  OWnei  S. 

A  few  individuals  refused  to  ttj  with  ibeT  multi" 

Hide  :    some,  unable  to  m<  >\  c  bj   reason  ol 

were  left  behind  by  their  relatives.     On<  old 


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tleman  whose  excessive  corpulence  rendered  re- 
treat on  his  part  impossible,  made  a  virtue  of  ne- 
cessity ;  and  seating  himself  in  his  doorway  with 
his  loaded  king's  arm,  upbraided  his  more  nimble 
neighbors,  advising  them  to  do  as  he  did,  and 
k'stop  and  shoot  the  devils."  One  man  got  his 
family  into  a  boat  to  go  to  Ham  Island  for  safety 
He  imagined  he  was  pursued  by  the  enemy  thro' 
the  dusk  of  the  evening,  and  was  annoyed  by  the 
crying  of  an  infant  in  the  after  part  of  the  boat. 
'•  Do  throw  that  squalling  brat  overboard,"  he 
called  to  his  wife,  "or  we  shall  be  all  discovered 
and  killed."  A  poor  woman  ran  four  or  five 
miles  up  the  river  and  stopped  to  take  breath  and 
nurse  her  child,  when  she  found  to  her  great  hor- 
ror that  she  had  brought  off  the  cat  instead  of  the 
baby  ! 

All  through  that  memorable  night  the  terror 
swept  onward  towards  the  north  with  a  speed 
which  seems  almost  miraculous,  producing  every 
where  the  same  results.  At  midnight  a  horseman 
clad  oaly  in  shirt  and  breeches  dashed  by  our 
grandfather's  door  in  Haverhill,  twenty  miles  up 
the  river.  "  Turn  out !  Get  a  musket !"  he  shout- 
ed ;  "the  Regulars  are  landing  on  Plum  Island  !" 
kk  I'm  glad  of  it,"  responded  the  old  gentleman 
from  his  chamber  window  ;  kk  I  wish  they  were  all 
there  and  obliged  to  stay  there."  When  it  is  un- 
derstood that  Plum  Island  is  little  more  than  a 
naked  sand  ridge,  the  benevolence  of  this  wish  can 
be  readily  appreciated. 

All  the  bouts  on  the  river  were  constantly  employed 
for  several  hours  in  conveying  across  the  terrified  fu- 
gitives. Through  "the  dead  waste  and  middle  of  the 
night"  they  fled  over  the  border  into  New  Hampshire. 
Some  feared  to  take  the  frequented  roads  and  wan- 
dered over  wooded  hills  and  through  swamps  where 
the  snows  of  the  late  winter  had  soarcly  melted.  They 
heard  the  tramp  and  outcry  of  those  behind  them, 
aui  fancied  that  the  sound?  were  made  by  pursuing 
enemies.  Fast  as  they  fled,  the  terror  by  some  un- 
accountable means  outstripped   them.     They    found 


houses  deserted  and   streets   strewn  with   househt 
scuffs  abandoned  in  the  hurry  of  escape. 

Towards  morning  the  tide  partially  turned.    Such 
the  good  people  of  Ipswich  as  were    unable  or  unwi 
ing  to  leave  their  homes  became    convinced   that    t 
terrible  rumor   which    had    nearly   depopulated   t 
place  was  unfounded.     Among  those  who  had   the 
awaited  the  onslaught  ol  the  Regulars    was   a   yout 
man  from  Exeter.     Satisfied   that   the   whole   mattl 
was  a    delusion,    he    mounted   his  horse  and  followt 
after  the  multitude,  undeceiving    all  whom  he    ove 
took.     Late  at  night  he  reached  Newburyport  great 
to  the  relief  of  its  sleepless  inhabitants,  hurried  aero 
the  river,  proclaimiag  as  he  rode  the  welcome  tiding 
and  the  sun  rose  upon  haggard    and   jaded  fugitive,' 
worn  with  excitement  and  fatigue,  slowly  returning. 


ABSTRACTS      IX. 

L 
BY  SIDNEY  PKREY,  ESQ.,  BOXFORD. 

John  Winthrop,  jr.,  conveys  to  "my  brother,  Mr 
Samuel  Symonds,"  of  Ipswich,  a  piece  of  vpland  am 
marsh,  a  part  of  his  farm  called  Castle  Hill,  (10( 
acres,)  as  it  is  divided  from  the  rest  by  a  smal 
creek  near  ye  foot  of  ye  great  hill  where  there  is  usvai 
passage  over  with  cattle,  and  thence  vpon  a  straight 
line  to  that  parte  of  the  creeke  which  divideth  the 
land  of  my  said  brother  and  Widow  Lumkin  toward 
the  west;  and  as  the  said  creek  leadeth  to  the  main 
creek  toward  ve  east  from  the  place  of  common  pas- 
sage over  the  creek  aforesaid.  1:11  mo.  1644.  wit: 
Edward  Bragg  and  Saml  Heyford.  Vol.  I.,  f.  27(92.) 

John  Winthrop,  jr.,  sells  to  his  brother  Samuel 
Symonds  of  Ipswich,  "all  my  farm  called  Castle  Hill," 
containing  200  aces.  20:  6:  1645.  Wit.  Em: 
Downinga  and  Raph  Fogg.— Vol.  I.,  f.  27  (93.) 


MARY  PECKER  COGSWELL. 

Ipswich,  June  10,  1793.  We  the  subscribers, 
Emerson  Cogswell  attorney  for  his  mother,  Mary 
Cogswell,  and  Thomas  Burnham  administrator  to  the 
estate  of  his  father,  Thomas   Burnham,    deed,    haye 


It 


£? 


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this  day  submitted  a  demand  ol  the  said  Mary  l 
well,  upon  the  estate  of  the  said  lhomua  BurDhum, 
dee'd,  for  her  tiiird  in  ;i  bouse  and  land  purchased  by 
the  said  Thomas  Burnhani,  dee'd,  of  Mu. bury  Holmes 
to  the  determination  of  John  Crocker  and  Nathaniel 
Heard,  and  they  having  dcteimined  that  the  said 
Thomas  in  his  capacity  aforesaid  shall  pay  from  the 
estate  of  his  father,  dee'd,  the  sum  of  Thirty-six 
shillings  annually,  to  the  said  Mary  Cogswell  or  her 
attorney  during  the  natural  life  of  said  Mary,  from 
the  first  day  of  May,  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  ninety  one,  and  we,  the  above  named  Emerson 
( 'ogswell  and  '1  nomas  Burnham,  agree  to  the  above 
mentioned  determination  in  our  aforesaid  capacities. 
Witnessed  by  Thomas  Bi  rnham,  Adm. 

Joseph  Swasej  Emerson  Cogswell. 

John  Safford. 

[The  Mary  Cogswell  spoken  of  above  was  Mary 
Pecker,  elder  daughter  of  James  Pecker  of  Boston, 
wharfinger, — will  proved  1734.  Emerson,  her  son, 
married  Susannah  Robinsoti,  and  she  became  the  di- 
rect ancestor  of  Wm.  S.  Hobinsoo,  (  Warrington.) 
Bis  descent  can  be  traced  from  John  Cogswell,  Thom- 
as Emerson,  Cornelius  Waldo  and  Dcp.  Gov.  Sym- 
und8,  wlin  were  among  the  early    settlers  of  Ipswich.] 

II.   II.  R, 


MEETING  HOUSE  WINDOW.  1688. 
February  the  7th,  1688.  The  .lustier-  of  the 
peace,  viz.,  Capt.  Applcton  and  ('apt.  Eppsc,  Esqr 
being  pres  nt  with  BOme  of  the  Select  men,  ami  hear- 
in":  a  Complaint  that  was  formerly  Exhibited  bj 
Bamuel  Hunt, Br,  in  the  behalf  of  himself  and  ethers 
agreived  with  w  me  persons  that  lately  erected  a  new 
pew  in  the  meeting  house  and  that  it  hindered  the 
Light,  and  the  Complaint  being  against  Joseph 
{fuller  and  John  Burlj  who  Erected  the  said  Pew 
nod  others  that  sitt  in  the -aid  Pew,     Upon    hearing 

and  Considering   iheCase,   It   is    determined    that     the 

said  Joseph  ffuller  and  John  Burly  that  built  the 
said  Pew,  as  also  James  ffuller,  matthew  Perkins  .V 
Wm  I'.aker.  (that  claim  right  in  the  said  Pew  by 
Virtue  of  a  -rant  frcm  thcSeleot  men,  be  forth  with 
ordered  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  and   compl 


finished  at  their  owne  charge  a   nevi    window   in 

meeting  hous i  the  south  east  side  on  the  eastward- 

ly  side    of   the    midle    Dore,    consisting  of  two  ( 
ments,  the  bredth  of  the  sd  windo  to  supplj    'he  -]  ace 

between    \V    tWO    DOStS    II'  X  t    tlie      dore     which    18    b'twixt 

five  and  sis  foot,  as  also  in  height  &  depth  as  the 
place  will  all'  id  and  allow.  Which  -aid  Window  is 
tn  be  finished  within  fourteen  dayes  next  ensuing, 
and  the  persona  aboue  named  are  to  haue  towards 
their  disbursments  the  miui  often  shillings  out  ofthe 
towne  stock  or  Hate,  and  this  t"  lie  final  [sue  "!'  'be 
troubles  that  haue  arisen  hitherto  concerning  this 
matter.  And  the  brant  of  the  former  Selectmen  t.> 
the  persons  afforcsaid  to  remainc  firme  and  gi  od. 

Als<i  the  said  Joseph  ffuller  and  John  Burly  are  de- 
sired by  the  J  ust ices  and  the  selectmen  to  in  ■  k-  i 
convenient  window  on  the  northwest  side  of  the 
meeting  house  within  a  short  time:  who  are  to  lie 
paid  by  the  same  for  their  painei  and  Lahpr. 


1676.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Select  men  the  first  of 
June,  1676:  Upon  ^considderation  nut  only  id'  the 
indceencie  of  horses  goeing  into  the  burying  place  at 
buryall?,  but  also  with  there  trampling,  defaceing 
both  the  place  and  Graves,  fin-  prevention  wherof  yt  is 

ordered   that  pson   from    henceforth    -ball   come 

with  there  horses  into  the  sd  burying  place  at  hnrialls 
except  it  be  when  the  ground  is  covered  with  snow, 
upon  the  penalty  &  forfitl  of  two  shilling  -i\  pence  !•  r 
every  offence  of  that  kynd,  to  be  distrayned  bj  the 
( Nonstable. 


Sept  ye  1st.  1692.    At t  a    meeting    "1'  ye    Inhabi- 
i ants  oflpswich,  Septbr   ye    1st,    1692,    It    was   de- 
clared to  ye  Inhabitants  that   ye  JChurch    bad   made 
Choice  of  mr.  John  Wainwright,  mr.   William    Stew 
art,  Deacon  Goodhue,  sen'r,  Mr.    Nath'll    Rust,  -  d, 

,v  Mr.  Joseph  (J lime  to  be  a   committee  to  ouersce 

affaires  neoessarj  for  ye  ordination  of  mr.  John 
I;  gi  rs,  tube  on  ye  12th  of  Octob  r  next,  yi  which 
ye  Towne  approves  of 


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BIRTHS.— 1(565 

Sonn    of  Obadiah   Wood,    home   the    11th    of 
April],  1665. 

Joanah,  daughter   of  Robert  Kinsman,    borne 
25  of  Aprill,  1665. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Haniell  Bosworth,  borne  the 
6th  of  Aprill. 

John,  sonn  of  Shoreborn  Willson,   borne    the 
4th  of  May. 

John,  sonn  of  John  Low,  borne  the  24  Aprill. 

"  of  William  Coggswell,  borne   12  May. 

Joseph,  son  of  Jeremiah  Jewett,  borne    the    17 
of  Aprill. 

Sarah,    dan.   of  Samuell  Perly    borne  the  7  of 
June. 

Jonathan,  sonn  of  John  Barborne  the  2s  June, 
at  11  of  the  clock. 

Matthew,   sonn   of  Jacob   Perkings,  borne  23 
of  June. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob    Foster,    borne   the 
3  of  August. 

Beniamyn,  son  of  Isack  Foster,  borne  June 

Mary,  dau  of  Thomas  Hart  borne  25  August. 

Thomas,  sonn  of  John  Pindar,  borne  26  Aug. 

Daniell,  sonn  of  Daniell  Hovey,  borne    the   24 
of  June. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Waldo  borne    the 
'J  of  September. 

Richard,  son  of  Jerimiah    Belcher  the    10th  of 
September. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Newman  borne  23  of  Aug. 

Joseph,  sonn  of  John  Whipple  tersh  borne   the 
17  of  Sept. 

John,  sonn  of  John  Ring  borne  18  of  Octobar. 

Richard,    sonn  and    Elizabeth    daugh  of  John 
Kimball,  borne  Sept  22. 

Samuell  son    of     Samuell    Younglove,  junr., 
borne  the  30th  Octobar. 

Abigaill  daugh  of  Vsuall  Wardell   borne  the    27 
October. 

Joseph  sonn  of  Samuell  Hunt,  borne  the  28   of 
Octobar. 

Mary,  daugh  :  of  Nehemiah  Abbott,  borne  1  of 
November. 

Sarah,  daugh :  John  Gaynes   borne  the    23   of 
Novemb : 

William,  sonn  of  William  Searle  borne   the   22 
of  Novemb : 

Joseph,  sonn  of  Joseph  Whipple  borne  1  Nov. 

Sarah,  daugh  :  of  Isaiah  Wood  borne  26  Dec. 


Abigail,  daugh  of  Nathiell  Elithorp,  borne  i* 
Decemb. 

Robert  sonn  of  Robert  Crose  the  i  of  January. 

Elizabeth,  dau.  of  William  Lambert,  borne  14 
Novemb 

Moses  sonn  of  Moses  Bradstreet,  borne  the  17 
of  Octobar. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniell  Wells  borne  the 
borne  the  10  of  March. 

Margret  daugh  of  John  Saffou id.  borne  the  28 
of  February. 

Thomas,  sonn  of  Thos  Tredwell,  borne  Mch  3th 

Beniamyn  sonn  of  Robert  Dutch  borne  the  4th 
Decemb. 

Mary  daugh  of  Nathaniell  Tredwell,  borne  22 
of  Octobar. 

John  sonn  of  John  Day  borne  17th  February. 

Sarah  daughter  of  Will :  Gutterson  borne  the 
3th  of  July. 

Martha  daught  of  John  Prockter  borne  1  of  Apr. 

Mehittabell  daught:  of  Samuell  Addams,  borne 
the  27  of  Octobar. 

Abraham  son  of  Abraham  Perkins  borne  15  of 
August. 

Jonathan  son  of  Tho  :  Low,  jun.  borne  7  July. 

Esther,  daughter  of  Thos  and  Mary  Burnham 
borne  liUh  March. 


Itt  is  ordered  that  Mr.  Wm  Hubbard  shall  and 
is  heereby  impowrd  to  marry  David  Fiske  of 
Cambridg  &  Sarah  Wilson  of  Ipswich,  if  they  are 
published  according  to  lawe  — 31  Oct.  1655. 


Feb.  27,  1672.  Thomas  Perrin  keeps  flock  at 
the  Neck,  and  is  to  employ  Nath'll  Fuller,  aged 
about  18  yrs,  to  look  after  them,  when  he  (Per- 
rin,) is  not  with  them. 


1691.  William  Howletlived  at  Gravelly  Brook. 


1658.  Granted  the  Sagamores  widdow  to  enjoy 
yt  percell  of  land  her  husband  had  fenced  in 
dureing  the  time  of  her  widdowhood. 


Feb.  17,  1656.     Rich  :Shatswell  sett  up  a   mill 
at  the  falls  to  break  hemp. 


Antiquarian  iaprs. 


VOL.    IV 


IPSWICH,     MASS.,     APRIL,     1884. 


NO.     XLVII. 


Copied  by   Everett  S.  Hubbard. 

Robert  Ohoate.— 1722. 
I  the  underwritten  Robert  Choate  hereby  bind 
:  oblige  inv  Still',-  to  pay  or  Cause  to  be  paid 
oto  the  Select  men  oflpswicb  foi  the  time  being 
>r  the  use  of  the  poor  of  the  said  Town  the  Sum 
I  Five  pounds  currant  inony  of  new  England  on 
'onditton  that  if  at  any  time  within  Seaven  Years 
•oin  the  Date  hereof,  I  the  said  Robert  Choate 
■Jibe  choosen  to  the  office  of  Constable  within 
aid  Town  ,v  do  not  accept  the  Trust  of  said 
Bee  &  take  the  Oath  by  Law  prescribed  for 
aid  otliee  when  1  shall  be  thereto  choosen  &  re- 
uired.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  put 
ay  hand  &  Seal  on  the  above  written  penalty  of 
■re  pounds  the  third  day  of  may  in  the  Eighth 
fear  of  His  Majeste's  Keign 
Inno    Domini   \~'2'2. 

ROBERT  CHOATE. 

Witnesses:  Thomas  Norton 
Samuel    Wallis,  jr 


ABSTRACTS      X. 

BT    SIDNEY    rh.Ki.ii  ,    ESQ.,    BOX!  OBD. 

Will  Of  Matthew    Whipple    of    Ipswich,    being 

ick,  7  :  3mo :    1645.  Gives    to   eldest   son   John 

KO  ;  to  son  Matthew  £40 ;  to  son  .Joseph    £40; 

o  daughters  .Mary.  Anna,  Elizabeth,   £20   each; 

0  "our   reverend   elders    Mr.    Nathaniel   Rogers 
kd  Mr.  John  Norton  10s  each;  to   the   poor  of 

pswich  'los.      If  his  estate  amounts  to  more  than 
ie  has  mentioned,  he  gives  one  half  the    balance 

1  BOD  John,  and  the  real  10  mv    tWO  other    BOntJ  : 

fless,  the  children's  share   are   to   lie  cut   down 
•qually.     None  of  the  children  are  to  marry  or  be 

ml  oul  to  service  bill  with  the  approbation  ofth'' 


pres<  nt  elders  and  my  dear  brother  John  Whip- 
ple. Exra,  Mr  Nathan:  Rogers,  Mr  Norton.  Mr 
Robert  Pajne  and  my  brother  John  Whipple. 
Wit:  John  Norton  and  John  Whipple. 

Codicil:  13:9:1646;  having  changed  my 
state  by  marriage,  — gives  to  wife  Rose  £1".  &C. 
The  daughters'  portions  are  to  be  paid  when  they 
are  twenty  years  ot  age,  and  the  sons  at  twenty- 
one.  Signed  codicil  by  mark.  Wit:  Theophilus 
Wilson  and  Thomas  Knowlton.  Proved  28:  7: 
1647.  Vol.  I.,  f.  28  (97.) 

Inventory  of  estate  of  Matthew  Whipple,  late 
of  Ipswich  dee'd,  taken  24:  9:  1646,  by  Kobert 
Payne  and  John  Whipple.  The  record  comprises 
six  foolscap  pages.  He  had  29  books.  Amount  of 
inventory  £287,   2,   I.    Vol.  1,  f  29   (100.) 

1661,  May  22.  Henry  Batchiler  and  his  wife, 
by  an  act  of  Ipswich  Court  contended  to  this 
Courts  consideration,  'mining  binn  formerly  pre- 
sented for  theire  absenting  themselves  from  pub- 
licke  worpp,  &c.  whether  ye  towne  of  Ipswich 
might  not  dispose  of  him  and  his  farme,  bo  as  be 
may  live  in  the  towne,  and  enjoj  bia  estate  and 
ye  publick  worpp  of  God,  the  Court  jadgeth  it 
meete  hereby  to  impower  the  Counts  Court  of 
thai  sheire  so  to  dispose  of  the  aboue  mentioned 
tv  theire  estates  a->  they  shall  judge  most  condu- 
ciable  to  theire  present  and  future  good. 


1664,  May  18.  The  ffoote  company  oflpswicb 
haiiw  _■  chosen  Thomas  French  ensigns,  Thomas 
Burnam,  Jacob  Perkins,  Thomas  Wajt,  Bergants, 
as  also  Thomas  Hart  and  Francis  Wainwright 
uorporalls,  this  Courl  judgeth  it  meete  to  allow 
and  conflrme  the  sajd  choice  respectively. 


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1661,  May  22.  In  ansr  to  the  peticon  of  George 
Smith,  the  Court  having  pervsed  the  originall 
assignement  of  John  Smith  vnto  ye  peticoner,  & 
reed  information  from  some  of  the  Court  of  the 
peticoners  right,  and  of  a  probability  that  some 
lands  were  graunted  the  peticoner  for  ye  same 
some  yeares  since,  the  records  whereof  cannot 
now  be  found,  judge  meete  to  graunt  ye  peticoner 
two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  leiw  of  twenty  five 
pounds  adventure  disbursed  by  ye  sd  John  Smith 
in  yeyeere  1628,  to  be  lajd  out  in  some  free  place 
by  Mr.  Gettings  &  Mr.  Medcalf  of  Ipswich,  who 
are  appointed  to  see  the  same  donne  accordingly, 
and  to  make  returne  thereof  at  ye  next  Court  of 
Election ;  provided,  if  it  appeare  within  sixe 
moneths  that  the  petconer  haue  receaved  satis- 
faction in  land  or  otherwise,  then  this  present 
graunt  to  be  voyd. 


Deaths.  1665. 
Robert  Fitt  dyed  the  9th  day  of  May  1665. 
Rebecha  wife  of  Daniell  Hovey  dyed  24  June. 
Mary  daugh  :  Thomas  Waite  dyed  the  4th  Sept. 
Joseph  son  of  Cornett  John  Whipple  dyed  August 
Joseph  Metcalfe  dyed  the  21  of  July. 
John  sonn  of  John  Ring  dyed  the  21  of  Octobar. 
Joseph  sonn  of  Joseph  Whipple  dyed  the  12  Nov. 
Samuell  son  of  Samuell  Yonnglove   dyed    the    10 

of  March. 
Bridget  Bradstreet  dyed  Novembar. 
John  Wiate  dyed  Decembar. 
Andrew  Hodges  dyed  December. 
Martha  daugh  of  John  Prockter  dyed  10  of  May. 


LIONEL    CHUTE,    SCHOOLMASTER,  1644. 

The  fourth  day  of  the  Seaventh  month  Anno 
Dm,  1644,  I  Lionell  Chute  of  the  Towne  of  Ips- 
wich in  New  England,  Schoolmaster,  Doe  make 
&  ordayne  tbis  my  last  will  &  Testament  (revok- 
ing all  former  wills  by  me  made. 

Item.  I  give  unto  Rose  my  wife  for  terme  of 
her  naturall  life  all  this  my   dwelling  bowse  with 


the  Barne  and  all  She  Desires :  The  two  cham- 
bers over  the  howse  and  entry  only  excepted, 
which  I  will  that  James  my  sonne  shall  have  to 
his  only  vse  for  the  Terme  of  one  yeare  next  after 
my  decease,  with  free  ingress  and  egress  and  re- 
gress into  the  yard  gardens,  the  howse  Lott  and 
planting  lott  purchased  of  Mr  Bartholmew  with 
the  Commonage  and  appurtenanses  there  vnto 
belonging.  And  after  my  wives  decease  ;  I  give 
the  said  howse,  barne,  lotts  and  premises  with  all 
the  appurtenances  unto  James  Chute  my  sonne 
and  to  his  heires. 

Item.  I  giue  unto  my  said  sonne  James  Chute 
and  to  his  heires  for  ever,  all  and  singular  my 
other  lands,  lotts,  meadow  grounds,  marishes, 
with  all  and  singular  their  appurtenances  and  im- 
mediately after  my  decease. 

And  I  give  more  unto  James  Chute  my  sonne 
(over  and  above  all  things  before  given  him)  my 
heffer  that  is  now  at  goodman  whitred  farme, 
and  my  yong  steere. 

Item.  1  give  him  all  my  bookes  with  all  things 
in  my  chest  and  which  is  boarded  and  being 
deep  with  the  lock  and  key  ;  one  chaire ;  four 
hogsheads  ;  two  ?  ,  two  flock  bedds,  two  flock 
bolsters,  two  feather  pillows,  one  rugg,  two  cov- 
erlets, two  blanketts,  my  silver  spoons,  all  my 
owne  wearing  apparell,  and  that  which  was  his 
brother  Nathaniells ;  and  three  paire  of  sheets, 
three  pillow  beeres,  two  table  clothes,  four  bowlls, 
six  table  napkins,  and  the  one  halfe  of  the  brasse 
and  pewter,  &  working  tooles  :  and  five  bushells 
of  english  wheat. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  friend  Joseph  Mosse  five 
shillings. 

Item.  I  give  vnto  the  poore  of  the  church  of 
Ipswich  twenty  shillings  to  be  distributed  by  the 
Deacons. 

Item,  my  meaning  is  that  my  wife  shall  have 
my  chest  after  that  James  hath  emptied  it. 

Item.  All  the  rest  rf  my  goods,  howsehold 
stuff,  cattell  &  chattells   whatever  vnbequeathed 


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(my  debts  &  legacies  being  discharged  i^  paid.) 
i  will  that  Rose  my  wife  shall    have   the   free   vse 

them  for  terme  of  her  natural  life:  bat  the  re- 
mainder of  them  all  at  the  tyine  of  her  (Urease 
over  ami  above  the  valewe  of  Eve  pounds  Bterling 
1  give  unto  .James  Chute  my  Bonne  and  to  his 
hens  &  assignes. 

Item.  I  make  Rose  my  wife  executrix  of  this 
bay  last  will  and  Testament.  And  in  witnesse 
that  this  is  my  deed  1  have  herewnto  sett  my 
bande  and  Beale  in  the  presence  of  these  witnesses 
hereunder  written. 

If  Witnesses,  — Marke  Simonds,  Joseph  Morse. 
xhe  7th  of  the  9th  month,    IG45.     Allirmed   vpon 
oath  in  Court,  &c. 

[The  inventory  notes, — rooks  in  the  chest, 
bible  and  books  in  the  hall,  curtains  and  rods, 
large  boarded  ? chest,  «.Vc  ] 


MARY    WEBSTER. 

[Mary  Webster  was  sister  of  John  Shatswell 
and  ancestor  of  Hannah  L  ustaa  and  Daniel  Web- 
ster ] 

1646,  Nov.  4.  Upon  ye  petition  of  Mary  ye 
widow  of  John  Webster,  yt  her  eldest  sonne  John 
Webslr,  should  have  ye  land  called  ye  farme, 
wch  lyeth  between  Mr  Kogrs  oxe  pasture  and 
Thorn:  Bishops  lartne,  consisting  of  about  32 
acres,  wn  he  comes  to  the  age  of  21  yeares,  onely 
binding  him  to  pay  Nathan,  ye  yongest  child  ."»/. 
at  ye  age  oi  14  years;  or  if  he  refuse  to  pay  5', 
yn  ye  4th  pt  ofyt  land  in  kind  or  ye  worth 

That  Mary.  Stephen  and  Hannah  may  have  ye 
Hand  bought  of  ye  widow  Androws  between  ym  in 
equal!  pportions  wn  they  shall  come  to  the  age  of 
21  years.  1'haL  Elizabeth,  Abigail  and  Israeli  to 
have  each  of  ym  2<)  nobles  at  ye  age  of  21  years; 
ye  dweling  bowse  and  six  acres  ol  land  tied  to 
make  it  good. 

It  is  conceived  meeir  yt  ye  estate  of  John  Web- 

itar  deceased,  be  ordred  according  to  ye    widows 


desire,  before  ezpssed,  and  yt  ye  widow  should 
have  powr  to  administr,  and  yt  lor  ye  due  pform- 
ance  of  ye  betrnst  Bhee  should  put  in  her  owne 
band  for  security  to  such  Bume  as  Ipswict  C-irt 
siiall  approve,  and  receive  of  her  ye  inventory, 
amtg  to  1 4  7/  bsh . 


It'll 7.  May  26.  John  Baker  is  licensed  to  draw 
wine  at  Ipswich,  accordg  toordr. 


William  Stewaat,  merchant,  who  died  in  Ips- 
wich in  ln'.i3,  had  in  his  parlor  an  alabaster 
mantle-piece,  carpet,  curtains  with  rods,  six 
leather  chairs,  table,  iron  dugs.  &c.  Of  his  com- 
pany chamber  John  Dunton  wrote  :  "  My  apart- 
ment was  so  noble  and  the  furniture  so  suitable 
to  it,  that  I  doubt  not  but  even  the  King  has 
oftentimes  been  contented  with  aworser  Lodging.' 


1674,  deputjes  to  serve   at  Generall   Court, - 
Capt  Jno  :  Appleton,  Mr.  Jno.  Whiple. 


1675,  12  May.  It  is  ordered  that  Thomas  Bur- 
nam  be  ensign  to  the  ll'oote  company  in  Ipswich, 
vnder  the  conduct  of  Major  Generall  Denisson, 
Esqr,  their  capt. 

1688,  mcb.30,  Samuel  Apleton,  Esqr,  is  ap- 
pointed eaptaine  to  the  first  foot  company  in  Ips- 
wich, Ensigne  Thomas  Buruham  leiftennt,  Symoa 
Stacy  ensigne. 

Mr.  Daniel  Epps  is  appointed  eaptaine  of  the 
second  Bool  company  in  Ipswich.  Mr  Jno  Aple- 
ton, Jun,  leiftenant,  &  Tho  Jacob  ensign  Cor- 
peiall    John   Andrews    is    appointed    leiftennl     to 

the  3d  company  at  Chebacco,  and  W'm.  Goodhue, 
Jun.  ensigne. 

1676.  Major  Applcton's  tent  at  Naraganset 
burned  and  diuere  armes  and  clothes  were  lost  l>y 
the  Ber belonging  to  particular  persons. 


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MONUMENTAL    INSCRIPTION. 

High  street  Burying   Yard. 

Rev.  David  Tbnney  Kimball; 

Born 

in  Bradford,    Mass., 

Nov.  23,  1782, 

Graduated  at 

Harvard  College  in  1803, 

Ordained  the  Eleventh 

Pastor  of  the  First 

Congregational  Church 

in  Ipswieh,  Oct.  8,  1806, 

in  which  relation  he  died 

Feb.  3,  1860,  aged  77  years. 

A  fine  classical  scholar,  a  vigorous  writer,  a  man 
of  unsullied  purity  and  humble  piety,  a  kind  husband, 
a  tender  parent,  a  sincere  friend,  a  iaithful  pastor. 

When  the  summons  came,  catching  a  glimpse  of 
heaven,  he  said :  "  The  gates  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
are  opening.     I  see  within  the  City." 

Dolly  Varnum   Coburn, 

Born 

in  Dracut,    Mass., 

Oct.  1,  1783, 

wife  of 

Rev.  D.  T.  Kimball. 

Died  Dec.  12,^1873, 

aged  90  years. 

Her  husband  said  of  her:  "During  my  entire 
ministry  she  has  been  my  firm,  consistent  and  devoted 
helper  in  Christ  Jesus.,: 

"Her  children  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed." 

Levi  Frisbie,  sou  of  Rev.  D.  T.  and  Mrs.  D.  V. 
Kimball,  died  May  9,  1816,  aged  2  weeks. 

Augustine  P.  Kimball,  son  of  Rev.  D.  T.  and  Mrs. 
D.  V.  Kin  ball,  died  Aug.  13,  1859,  aged  46  years. 


Att  a  Towne  meeting  the  4th  of  July,  1656,  yt 
was  voted  that  the  Towne  did  declare  there  de- 
sire to  enioy  the  Giffts  and  Labours  of  Mr  Hub- 
berd  and  Mr.  Rogers  amongst  us,  as  also  there 
reall  purpose  to  contribute  yearly  1201bs  for  there 
Yncouragment  soe  long  as  they  shall  continue 
with  us  or  providence  dispose  us  to  a  nearer 
vnion  or  relation. 


REV'D  MR.  FRANCIS   GOODHUE. 
Upon  the  Reverend  Mr.  Francis  Goodhue,  who 
in  his  Journey  from   Jamaica  on  Long-Island  to 
Ipswich,  was  surprised  with  a  Fever  at  Rehoboth 
and  there  died  Sept.  15,  1707,  retatis  29. 

Libertas  nomen  ;  bonitas  conjuncta  colori, 

Cognomen  pra^bent ;   Insula-Longa  gregem. 
Nascitur  Ipsvici ;  dissolvitur  inter  eundum  ; 

Seconchie  lecto  molliter  ossa  cubant. 
Doctrina,  officium,  pietas,  adamata  juventus, 

Nil  contra  jussam  convaluere  necem. 
Pars  potior  sedes  procedit  adire  beatas, 

Gaudens  placato^semper   adesse  DEO. 

S.  S. 

News  Letter.  No.  996.  Feb.  28,  1723. 
[S.  S.  supposed  to  be  Judge  Sewall ;  see  Diary.] 


The  house  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Albert  Brown, 
adjoining  Appleton,  is  the  original  Appleton  farm 
house  built  by  Samuel  the  emigrant.  Another  old 
house  on  the  road  to  Appleton,  viz,  the  Patch 
house,  was  built  about  the  same  time.  It  is  now 
owned  by  Mr.  Henry  Wilson.  It  is  famous  as 
the  birth-place  of  Nathan  Dane  and  Daniel  Saf- 
ford.  A  picture  of  this  house  is  in  the  A'emoir  of 
Daniel  Safford, — which  may  be  found  in  the  Pub- 
lic Library. — Chronicle. 


1657,  March  26.  John  Lee  upon  his  present- 
ment for  working  in  his  swamp  on  the  Lord's  day,  ( 
upon  his  answer  it  appeared  by  testimony  that  it  I 
was  to  stop  the  fire :  was  dischargd. 

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Entered  at  Post  Office  as  second  class  matter. 

Published  Monthly,  25  cents  per  year. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthur  W.  Dowe. 

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GRANTS.     1634. 

\-   they  were  taken  oul  of  ye  Old  Book. 

<!i\rii  and  Granted  to  John  Winthropp,  Esqr., 
three  hundred  acres  of  laud  lying  .it  the  head  ol  ;i 
river  or  Creek  Knownc  by  the  name  of  Labour  in 
rayoc  vnto  him  his  heirs  or  assiges  for  ever 

Give-Band    Granted    to  Mr.   william   Clerke    sixty 

:n  r  s  of  Land    lying    Eastward   of    Labour  in    vaiue 

thward  by  the  towne  River  separated  from  nil  the 

other   lands    by    :i    small    Creeke    Encompassing    the 

fame  vntu  him  his  hi  irs  or  Assigues  tor  ever: 

Given  and  Granted  vnto  mr.  Robert^  Coles :  two 
buudred  Acres  oi  laud  more  or  less  Lying  vppon  this 
Deck  of  laud  the  towne  standeth  :  bounded  by  a  Creeke 
i'n  the  west  si  le  &  this  towne  River  on  the  south  side. 
\  nto  him  his  hi  I'm-  ever. 

Given    A    Grant  '1    vnto    John    perkins  the  elder. 

\  of    laud,     mon      or    less,    bounded 

the    i  ast    by    mr.    Rob  irl    Coles   his  I  md,  on  the 

inth  by  a  small  Creek       i  the  west    vnto   the    towne 

i to  Inn  lii-  heii  *ns 

Given  and  Granted  vnto  Mr.  John  Dillingham   sis 

■  Ij in--  it  the  w<  ->  en  I  of  the    Towne  on 

i  side  of  the  great  Bwampe  to  him    hi*    heires 

Kriven   and    Granted    vnto   John    Newman,    willni 
tad  willm  franklin  about  twelve  acres  of  land 
I  e  of  them  ilik''     pportion    or 

fare  of  the  -  ime  lying  on  th  •  south  Bide  of  John   per- 
ns the  elder  his  land,  &    Resigned   unto    the   towne 
■ne  by  mr.  John   Spencer   uppoo   lurthcr   Enlarge 
nt    vnto   him,    mi*"  cverj    of  them  their  In  ii 
Bgne.H  ''i 

Biven   and  Gi  mtcd  vnto  John  Perkins,  Jun'r 


he  shall  liaue  six  acres  of  land  uion     i  in    equal! 

share  with  Thomas  \w<\\  and  others  a  c  will 

afford,  Betweene  Thomas  hardy  &  ffran  n    ly- 

ing lvi-t  and  west  of  him,  vnto  his  heirs  &  assignee. 

Given  and  '  Iran  ted  vnto  Thomas  rlowlctt  two 
of  meadow  and  twoacres  &  half  of   marsh    adjoining 
vnto  that,  Lying  betweene  the    towne    River    i\.    the 
land  of  vV  illm  aergauts  &  John    Newmane    vntu    him 
lii-  heires  or  Assigns. 

Given  and  Granted  unto  John  Gadge  foui 
low  :iiiil  marsh  lying    on    the    south   sid<     of   tin 
River  against  the  planting  Ground    of  J   I  r     M  ming 
and  othc  -.  vnto  him  his  heirs  and   i 

Giucn  and  Granted  vntu  Thomas  howlctl 
of  land  more  or  less  in  equall  share  «  th  John  man- 
ing  and  others,  lying  vppon  this  neck  of  land  the 
towne  t-tandeth,  between  the  land  of  John  Gadge  on 
the  oue  side  and  Thomas  (  i  irke  "ii  the  other,  vnto  his 
heires  and  A  ssigncs  : 

Giuen  and  Granted  vnto  John  Gadge  sii  acres  of 
laud  more  or  less  in  equall  share  with  Thomas  CI  rke 
and  others,  lying  vppon  the  neck  if  md  the  towne 
standeih.  Between  the  land  of  John  mailing  and 
I  nomas  howlett.  vnto  hi-  heirs  and  assi 

Giuen  and  Grauted  to  mathias  Currin  twoacres    of 
Land  lying  vntu  hi-  house  on  the  east    end    there 
him  his  heire«  or  assigues. 

<  J  ranted  vnto  John  manning  six  if  land 

or  less  in  equal)  share    with    Thon  tt,    John 

1          and  others,  lying  on  the  neck  nl  Ian  I  at  the  east 

end  of  said  towne  vnto  him  hi  for 

It'll.  <  riven  and  ( rranted    t  i    mr.   John    Sp 
twenty  Acres  of  land  I.'.  ih      River  on  y< 

south  side  Then  >f 

( riuen   aud    <  ii  auted    vnto    mr.      N  I     'ton 

Twi  nty  Acn     of  Land  h  ing  near  the    Rh   i    on    Tl  e 
south  side  tin  n 

G  ind  Grauted  vnto  John  Winthrop     hjscjur., 

\         ol  1  in  I  lyii  |{  tutli 

of, 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


Warrington. 

The  Genealogy  of  William  S.  Robinson,  (  War- 
rington.) 

BY    HARRIET    H.    ROBINSON. 

The  Genealogy  of  William  S.  Robinson  can  be 
traced  to  the  following  names  of  early  settlers  of 
New  England:  Amsden,  Cogswell,  Emerson, 
How,  Pecker,  Reade  and  Symonds.  The  name 
of  Cogswell  was  united  with  that  of  Robinson  in 
his  immediate  family  a  generation  before  the  birth 
of  Warrington. 

JOHN  Cogswell  1,  sailed  to  this  country  from 
Bristol,  England,  May  23,  1635.  He  settled  first 
in  Ipswich,  building  a  house  on  Meeting  House 
Green,  but  soon  removed  to  Chebacco,  now  Es- 
sex. His  English  ancestry  can  be  traced  through 
Edward  and  Robert  Cogswell  to  1581.  His  wife 
was  Elisabeth  Thompson.  They  had  eight  chil- 
dren who  were  all  born  in  London.  One  was 
married  there  ;  and  the  remaining  seven,  William, 
John,  Edward,  Mary,  *Hannah,  Abigail  and  Sarah 
came  to  New  England  with  their  parents. 

WILLIAM  Cogswell  2,  son  of  John  1,  was 
born  in  1619  and  died  in  1700.  He  married  Su- 
sannah Hawkes  in  1649.  They  had  twalve  chil- 
dren :  Elisabeth,  Hester,  Susannah,  Sarah,  Wil- 
liam 3,  Jonathan,  John,  Adam,  Anna,  a  child 
not  named,  Edmund  and  Sarah. 

WILLIAM  Cogswell  3,  (Wm.  2,  John  1,)  was 
born  in  1659  and  died  in  1708.  He  married  Mar- 
tha Emerson,  1685.  Her  genealogy  is  as  follows  : 
Thomas  Emerson,  the  American  ancestor,  died 
in  Ipswich,  in  1666.  His  wife's  name  was  Eliza- 
beth. Their  children  were  Joseph,  John,  James, 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth.  John  Emerson  son  of 
Thomas  was  born  about  1625  ;  he  was  a  minister, 
and  died  in  Gloucester   in    1700;  he  married   in 

*  Hannah  Cogswell  married  Cornelius  Waldo 
and  became  the  ancestor  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emer- 
son. Her  nephew,  William  Cogswell,  married 
Martha  Emerson,  cousin  of  Edward  Emerson  who 
mairied  her  daughter. 


1662  Ruth  Symonds,  the  fourteenth  child  of  Dep. 
Gov.  Symonds  and  his  second  wife,  Martha 
Reade.*  John  Emerson's  brother  Joseph  was 
the  ancestor  of  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson.  John  and 
Ruth  (Symonds)  Emerson  had  five  children : 
John,  Ruth,  Martha,  Mary  and  Dorothy.  Mar- 
tha, who  married  William  Cogswell,  was  the  sec- 
ond daughter ;  the  third  daughter,  Mary,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Phillips  and  became  the  ancestor  of 
Wendell  Phillips. 

The  children  of  William  Cogswell  3  and  Martha 
Emerson  were :  Edward,  William,  Emerson  4, 
Martha,   Dorothy, .Lucy  and  Eunice. 

EMERSON  Cogswell  4,  was  born  in  Ipswich 
in  1700  and  died  in  Concord  in  1788;  he  married 
Mary  Pecker  of  Boston  in  1736.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  James  Pecker  of  Boston ;  son  of 
James  and  Ann  (Davis)  Pecker  of  Haverhill ; 
James  was  born  in  that  place  in  1686.  The  chil- 
dren of  Emerson  4  and  Mary  (Pecker)  Cogswell 
were :  Mary,  William,  Martha,  Emerson  5,  Su- 
sannah. Bridget  and  James. 

EMERSON  5  was  born  in  Ipswich  in  1743, 
and  died  in  Concord,  (according  to  Mr.  Ripley  in 
his  church  Record,)  May  13,  1808,  aged  64.  He 
married  in  1773,  Eunice  Robinson,  half  sister  of 
his  sister  Susannah's  husband,  Jeremiah  Robin- 
son. Eunice  Robinson  has  a  long  line  of  descent 
from  the  Amsdens,  Wards  and  Hows  of  Marl- 
boro. (See  History  of  Marlboro.)  The  children 
of  Emerson  5  and  Eunice  (Robinson)  Cogswell 
were:  Mary,  Bridget,  Lucy,  William,  Emerson, 
Martha,  Susannah,  Eunice  and  an  infant.  Mr. 
Cogswell  had  two  other  wives,  whose  children 
were  as  follows  :  The  children  of  his  second  wife, 
Anna  Learned,  were  James,  Hannah  and  Ed- 
ward. The  children  of  his  third  wife,  Elizabeth 
Bateman,  nee  Buttrick,  were  Eliza  Ann,  Mary 
and  Eunice. 

MARTHA  Cogswell  was  the  fifth  daughter   of 


*  For  the  Symonds  and  Reade  Genealogies  see 
Ancestry  of  Priseilla  Baker. 


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Emerson  5  and  Eunice  (Robinson)  Cogswell.  She 
was  horn  in  Concord  March  12,  1783,  and  died  in 
Concord  Nov.  24,  1856.  She  married  William 
Robinson  her  half  cousin,  Nov.  t,  1804.  ,The 
following  is  the  genealogy  of  the  Robinson  family, 
as  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  ascertain  it  with 
certainty.  The  first  of  the  name  of  whom  I  have 
been  able  to  obtain  certain  knowledge,  is  Dr. 
Jeremiah  Robinson,  who  lived  in  Littleton  .in 
1740.  I  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  he  was 
one  of  the  sons  of  William  Robinson  ot  Newton 
a  signer  of  the  petition  to  set  oil'  him.'  ( !ambridge 
from  Cambridge  ;  afterwards  called  New-towne. 
br.  Jeremiah  Robinson  had  two  brothers  living 
in  17^7,  Jonathan  of  Pembroke  and  Daniel  of 
Exeter.  He  died  in  Westford  Oct.  19,  1771 ;  his 
first  wife  was  Lydia  ;  their  children  were  John, 
Mary,  Olive,  John,  Jeremiah  and  Zabulon.  Hia 
second  wife  was  Eunice  Amsden  of  Marlboro, 
(see  History  of  Marlboro.)  She  was  born  in  17l'<» 
ami  died  in  Concord  in  1801,  aged  81,  "of  decay 
of  age,"  according  to  Larson  Ripley.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Thomas  Amsden,  Thomas,  Eunice, 
married  Emerson  Cogswell,  Bradbury,  Cain, 
named  for  Robert  Cain,  Lydia,  Winthrop  and 
Winthrop.  Jeremiah  was  the  third  son  of  Dr. 
Jeremiah  Robinson,  and  was  born  in  Littleton 
April  4,  1742,  and  died  in  Concord,  July  L6, 
1815,  of  dropsy,  aged  7."..  {Parson  Ripley.)  He 
married  Susannah  Cogswell,  Bister  of  Emerson  .r>, 
Oct.  13,  1767.  Their  children  were  William,'  Eu- 
niee,  Mary,  John,  -lames,  Lydia,  -lames,  Jere- 
miah, Susannah,  and  a  daughter.  The  oldest  9  m 
William,  was  born  in  Concord,  April  21st,  1  7 7 « '. , 
died  in  Concord  Dee.  12,  1837  ;  he  married  Mar- 
tha Cogswell,  daughter  of  Emerson  •">,  Nov.  4, 
1804.  Their  children  were  Elbridge  Gerry,  Susan 
Cogswell,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Jeremiah  Albert, 
Lucy  Call  and  William  Stevens. 

William  Stevens  Robinson,  the  lasl  child  of 
William  and  Martha  (Cogswell)  Robinson,  was 
born  in  Ins  grandfather's  boose,  "i  homestead  now 
called  the  "/'/  Block,  near  the  Unitarian    Meeting 


House  in  <  oncord,  Dec.  7.  1818 ;  be  died  in  Mai- 
den, March  1  1  .  1876  ;  he  married,  Nov.  30,  1848, 
Harriet  -lane  Hanson,  born  in  Boston,  Feb. 
8,  ls2-">.  Her  father  was  William  Hanson, 
Bon  of  John  Hanson  of  Milton,  N.  II.  lie  was  of 
i he  Dover  branch  of  this  family.  II*  i  mother  was 
Harriet  Browne,  daugh.  of  Seth  Ingersoll  Browne 
of  Revolutionary  fame,  (see  Drake's  lea  Leaves,) 
and  grandaughter  of  William  Browne  ot  Cam- 
bridge. This  family  of  Browne  is  descended 
in. in  Nicholas  Browne  who  settled  in  Lynn  and 
afterwards  moved  to  Reading.  1I>'  was  L'  pres- 
entative  to  the  General  Court  from  Lynn,  1641. 

The  following  are  the  children  of  William  Ste- 
vens ami  Harriet  (Hanson)  Robinson:  Harriette 
Lucy,  married  Sidney  D.  Sbattuck  ;  Elizabeth 
Osborne,  William  Elbridge  and  Edward  Warring- 
ton. Mr.  Robinson  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Concord.  He  learned  the  printer's 
trade  and  when  21  he  became  editor  and  proprie- 
tor of  the  Yeoman's  <l'i:>'tte,  afterwards  called 
The  Concord  Republican.  From  1842  to  L862 
he  edited  or  wrote  for  the  following  newspapers: 
Lowell  Courier  and  Journal  ;  Boston  Daily  \\  hig  ; 
Republican;  Commonwealth;  Atlas  and  Bee; 
New  York  Tribune;  Evening  Post.  For  nearly 
four  years  he  published  the  Lowell  American.  He 
wrote  Letters,  etc..  for  the  Springfield  Republican 

for  twenty  years.     These  letters  made  famous,   for 

the  time,  his  unn  de plume,  Warrington.  He  was 
Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  ll  years. 
His  works  arc:  Warrington's  Manual  of  Par- 
liamentary Law;  The  Salary  Grab ;  and  a  vol- 
ume published  after  his  death,  Warrington  Pen 
Portraits,  with   a   Memoir  written    by  Mrs    R 

ill-oil. 

Recapitulation  : 

1.  John  Cogswell  married    Blunbetli  Thompson. 
i'.   William  Cogswell  married  Susannah  Han 
:;,    William  Cogswell  married  Martha  Km    - 
l .   |  [in,  i  on  ( '  •  swell  marric  Ml  I  •   Pi  oki  r. 

."p.    Emerson  ( '".'  jwell  i innah  Robins  in. 

r,.   Martha  Cogswell  m  irried  Willi  im  Robinson. 
7    Wilu  mi    Stevens    Robinson    married     Harriet 
Jane  Hanson 


IPSWIJH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


Marriages.  1065. 

Matthew  Perry  and  Elizabeth   Blake  married  27    of 

March. 
John  Warner  &  Hannah  Bachelour  maried  the  20  of 

Aprill. 
Thomas  Newman  and  Hannah  Morse    maryed    the  8 

of  k  June. 
John   Hovey    and    Dorcas    Ivorye    maried  the  13  of 

August. 
LarenceiClinton  and  Rachell  Halsell  maryed  Decemb 
Thomas  Buruham  and  Lydia  Pengry  maryed  13  Feb 
Edmond  Bridges  and  Mary  Littlehale  maryed  6  April 
Reginall  Foster  and  Sarah  Martin  maryed  Sept. 
Elihu  Wardell  and  Elizaheth  Wade    maryed   the    26 

of  May. 

MARRIAGES.— 1666. 

Anthony  Wood  and    Mary    Grover    maryed   11th 

(4)  16G6. 
.Mr  Robert  Paine  and    Elizabeth     Reiner    maryed 

the  10  of  .Inly. 
John  Kimball  and  Mary  Jordon  maryed    the   8th 

of  Octob. 
Daniell  Hovey  and  Hester  Tied  well    maryed    the 

8th  of  Octob. 
Thomas  Parson  and  Precilla  Denison  maryed  the 

'.'  of  Octob.  |         ,, 

John  Bridges  and  Sarah  How  maryed  the    5th  of 

Decembar. 
Jacob  Foster  and  Abigaill  Lord    maryed  ^the    26 

ot  February. 
Thomas  Perrin  and  Sussan  Roberds    maryed    the 

2H  of  February. 
Phillip  Welch  andjHaneh  Hagget  maryed   thet20 

of  Feb. 
Wm  Goodhue  and  Hannah  Dane    maried    the   14 

of  November. 

DEATHS.— 1666. 

Joanah  Symonds  dyed  the  29  day  of  Aprill. 

Thomas  Emerson  dyed  the  first  of  May. 

Jo :  Edwards  a  child  no  name  dyed  first  of  May. 

John  Fuller  dyed  the  4th  of  June. 

Moses,  sonofRober  Pearce  dyed  the  18th  of  May 

William  Gutterson,  senr,[dyed  the  26  of  June. 

Alice,  wife  of  Ensigne  Howlett,  dyed  the  26  June 

Wife  of  Daniell  Davison  dyed  July 

Mary,  daughter  of  Haniell  Bosworth  dyed  the  9th 

of  August. 
Martha,    wife    of  Jacob   Foster   died   the    15    of 

Oetobar. 


Thomas  Wells,  senr,  dyed  the  26  of  Oetobar. 
VVilliam  son  of  Mr.  Richard  Hubbard  dyed  15  oi< 

L  ecemb. 
Rebeca  wife  of  John  Addams  and  her  child,  dyed 

31  (10) 
Mary  daugh  :  of  Jacob  Foster  dyed  the  11  Jan  : 
Elizabeth  daugh  :  of  John    Edwards    dyed  the.  11 

March. 
Daugh  of  ?  William  Lambert  dyed  the  8  of  Aug. 
Thomas  Safford  dyed  February. 


Att  a  Towue  meeting  the  4th  of  July,  1656,  Yt 
was  voted  that  the  Towne  did  declare  there  desire  to 
enioy  the  Giffts  and  Labours  of  Mr  Hubberd  and  Mr 
Rogers  amongst  us,  as  also  there  reall  purpose  to  con- 
tribute yearly  120lbs  fore  there  Yncouragmcnt  soe 
long  as  they  shall  continue  with  vs  or  providence  dis- 
pose us  to  a  nearer  vuion  or  relation. 


1651,  Oct.  24.  At  the  request  of  31r  Phillips 
of  Rowley,  itt  is  ordered  that  Mr.  Wm.  Hubbard, 
sen.  of  Ipswich,  shall  be  &  is  hereby  impowred  to 
marry  the  sajd  Mr.  Phillips,  who  hath  binn  thrice 
published  as  the  lawe  requires. 


1G51,  Oct.  30.  Itt  is  ordered  that  Capt.  Daniel 
Gooking,  Mr.  Joseph  Cooke  or  Mr.  Henry  Dun- 
ster,  shallbe  and  is  heereby  impoured  to  marry 
Mr.  John  Apleton  and  Mrs.  Priscilla  Glover,  who 
have  been  published  at  Cambridge  according  to 
lawe. 


26  May,  1652.  It  is  ordered  that  a  prison  shall 
be  built  at  Ipswich,  and  that  there  shall  be  allowed 
by  the  countrye  forty  pounds  for  the  effecting 
there  of.     [The  first  prison  erected  here  ?] 


Here  Lieth  Buried 

ye  Body  of  Quarter 

Master  Robert 

Kinsman   who 

Died  February  ye 

19,  1712,  aged 

83  vears. 


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IPSWICH,     MASS.,     JUNE,     1884. 


NO.     XI. IX. 


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EARLY    MEETING    SOUSES. 

A  Paper  read  at  the  Laying  of  the    Corner  Stone 

(if  tin-  M'tfiii'i  /tnusi'  uf  the  Fus>  Parish, 
July,   1846: 

BY  THE  LATE  ME.  UEORGE  \Y.  HEARD. 

In  accordance  with  the  usages  of  the  present  day, 
we  have  assembled  for  the  purpose  of  formally  com- 
mencing the  erection  of  the  fifth  House  of  Worship 
of  the  First  Parish  in  this  town.  I  shall  not  presume 
to  L'isi'  the  remarks  I  shall  have  the  honor  to  submit, 
the  Bhape  of  a  formal  address,  but  as  the  organ  of  the 
Building  (  ommittee  having  the  supervision  of  this 
Undertaking,  and  by  their  request,  it  becomes  my  du- 
ty to  notice  some  of  the  leading  circumstai s  connec- 
ted with  the  several  houses  of  worship  erected  by  this 
Parish,  and  to  sketch  «omc  prominent  landmarks  ob- 
blc  "ii  our  way,  from  the  gathering  of  this  church 
in  1634,  to  the  present  time,  embracing  a  period  of 
somewhat  more  than  200  years:  a  period  a9  Btroogly 
marked  by  thepeculiar  principles  of  the  men  who  first 
Dame  to  this  country,  as  any  which  can  be  found  upon 
the  records  of  time. 

In  tip'  early  settlement  of  this  colony,    1 1  * « -    leading 
object  of  its  first  inhabitants  was    the   peaceful  enjoj 
puent  of  religions  privileges,  which  had    been   denied 
them  on  the  other  side  of  the    Atlantic,   and    for  the 
po  session  of  which  they  sevced   the  strongest  domes 

tic  ties,  if  not  in  obedient f  i  direct    command,  jrel 

in  imitation  of  the  ancient  Patriarch  who  left  his 
Country  and  kindred,  and  "went  out  aot  knowing 
whither.'1  The  promise  to  him  :  "  1  will  make  ol  thee 
t  nation,  and  will  bless  thee  and  make  thy  name 
great,"  seems  to  have  been  literally  fulfilled  to  the 
wanderers  from  Old  to  New  England;  and  we  ire 
living  witn  sscs  of  His  faithfulness  who  also  said  A 
}  was  the  Groi  of  your  fathers,  bo  wiH  1  beyoui  Ood, 
■  ye  walk  in  the  wai  "I  mj  coinmadments." 


In  the  course  of  events,  under    the    protection    and 

guidai of  Providence,    Bome  of  our    Puritan    fore- 

tathers  came  to  this  place,  which  i-  described  by  one 
who  visited  it  in  1633,  a-  "a  most  spaci  for  a 

plantation  ;  bi  ing  Dear  the  sea  it  aboundeth  with  fish, 
fowls  and  beasts,  having  great  meads  and  marshes, 
plain  plowing  grounds,  aad  good  rivers  and  harbor, 
and  no  rattlesnakes."  Another  traveller  says,  "the 
men  who  came  here  to  Aggawam  were  men  of  g 
rank  and  quality;  many  of  them  having  the  \ 
revenue  of  large  lands  in  England  before  they  came  to 
this  wilderness."^  "No  nation  or  state  has  a  nobler 
origin  or  lineage  than  Massachusetts.  Our  reverence 
for  the  character  of  its  fouaders  constantly  rises  with 
the  more  intimate  knowledge  of  t h < •  i r  lives,  and  a 
clearer  insight  into  their  principles  and  motives. 
.Much  as  has  been  said  in  commendation  of  them,  their 
worth  has  never  been  overated,  and  we  Bhould  never 
be  tired  of  n  counting  their  virtues." ; 

The    First    Church    in    this   town,    which  was  the 
ninth  in  Massachusetts,  was  gathered  in  1»'>:!I    and    a 
Meeting  House  was  built  soon  after.  The  Rcv'd  Nth'l 
Ward,  who  was  distinguished  for  his  wit,  learning 
eccentricities,  was  the  first  minister.  The  precise  Bpot 

on  which  the  first  Meeting  House  b( 1,  appears  to  be 

involved  in  some  obscurity.  Tradition  places  it  on  the 
South  side  of  the  river;  ami  Rev.  Mr.  Fell  states,  in 
hi-  History  of  Ipswich,  this  as  the  only  Bource  of  his 
information,  adding  that  circumstances  c  infirm  the 
tradition,  and  that  the  first  bouse  Blood  on  the  rise  of 
ground  now  occupied  by  the  dwelling  house  and  barn 
of  [Hon.]  John  Heard.f  The  correctness  of  this  tra- 
dition i-  questionc  1  on  g 1  grounds.     Examinations 

have  been  made  of  the  earl}  Records  of  Ipswich  and 
references  had  to  the  Grants  of  land  bj  the  town  to 
its  inhabitants ;  t.>  localities  there  d<  Bcribed,  <  some  of 
winch  are  familiarly  known  at  the  present  day) 
to  the  limits  of  the  town  or  settlement  it-elf.  as  mark- 
ed oui  h\  th  records;  allofwhi  h  tend  t<>  the  coo- 
to  i  h  i'  "ii  this  tWl  was  erect*  d  the  first  house  of 
worship,  that  hen  Btood  the  "first  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation.' 


\\ i-    New  England  Prospect,    l^ondon 

Johnson's  W  onder  Working  Vto\  idi  n 
;  Young's  i  Ihronicles  of  Massachusetts. 
I   >|t's  1 1  istoi  j  was  writ tei 


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IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


The  present  occasion  and  the  time  allotted  to  its 
fervices  will  hardly  allow  me  to  go  into  the  particular 
detail  which  seems  requisite  to  establish  the  fact  ;  I 
shall  therefore  only  allude  to  two  or  three  circumstan- 
ces which  seem  strongly  to  favor  the  idea  just  sug- 
gested :  That  the  town  or  settlement  was  largely  on 
the  North  side  of  rhe  river  originally,  is  the  opinion, 
confirmed  by  the  record  which  designates  the  limits 
as  extending  from  the  u  Burying  Ground  on  High 
str.-.et  on  the  Westward  to  the  Cove  on  the  river  on 
the  East;"  meaning  no  doubt,  the  cove  near  the  low- 
er wharves,  and  it  is  also  corroborated  by  Grants  of 
Land,  the  boundaries  of  which  can  be  reconciled  upon 
no  other  supposition.  It  should  be  remembered  that 
at  this  time,  house  lots  were  granted  mostly  on  the 
North,  while  planting  lots  were  assigned  on  the  South 
side  of  the  river.  In  the  year  1634  we  find  this  state- 
ment: "  The  neck  of  land  whereupon  the  great  Hill 
standeth,  which  is  known  by  the  name  of  Castle  Hill, 
lying  on  the  other  side  of  the  river  towards  the  Sea, 
shall  remain  unto  the  common  use  of  the  town."  The 
designation  and  place  thus  poiuied  out  to  be  Castle 
Hill  towards  the  sea,  cannot  b'3  properly  applied  else- 
where than  to  the  Hill  now  known  by  that  name,  un- 
less we  suppose  that  the  original  settlement  was  on  the 
South  side  of  the  river,  in  which  case,  we  shall  be 
obliged  to  transfer  "  Castle  Hill  towards  the  sea,"  to 
the  opposite  point  of  the  compass,  a  labor,  it  is  pre- 
sumed, which  none  of  us,  with  all  the  impiovements 
of  modern  machinery,  will  undertake. 

It  appears  evident  also  that  the  High  street  of 
1634.  is  the  same  which  bears  that  name  iu  1846,  as 
the  boundaries  of  lots  granted  at  that  time,  are  fre- 
quently referred  to  it.  Our  attention  has  been  called 
likewise,  to  an  avenue  or  road,  then  called  Stoney 
street.,  which  it  is  supposed  can  mean  no  other  than 
that  now  known  by  the  name  of  Summer  street,  ex- 
tending to  the  river,  near  the  place  called  the  Ship- 
yard ;  the  correctness  of  this  opinion  is  strengthened 
by  the  fact,  that  houselots  were  bounded  by  the 
"  Meeting  House  Green  on  the  so.  west,  &  by  Stoney 
st.  on  the  N.  East."  Another  circuin-tance  confirm- 
ing our  suggestion  is,  the  name  of  Meeting  House 
Lane,  is  given  in  the  early  records,  to  a  road  near 
the  Meeting  House ;  this  beiug  interpreted  means 
the  street  leading  from  this  spot,  by  the  County  build- 
ings to  the  river  ;  while  the  phrase,  Meeting-house 
Green,  is  equally  applicable  to  this  public  Common, 
and  taken  in  its  connection,  to  no  other.  It  should 
be  remembered  that  these  names  were  given,  and 
these  plaees  were  designated  in   the    public    records, 


within  two  years  of  the  settlement  of  the  town. 
In  view  of  these  circumstances  we  are  led  not  only 
to  doubt  the  truth  of  the  traditiou  that  the  first  Meet- 
ing House  was  built  on  the  spot  designated  on  the 
South  side  of  the  river,  but  to  the  opiuion,  that  in 
1034,  the  first  house  of  worship  was  erected  on  this 
spot  where  we  are  now  gathered. 

THE  FIRST  HOUSE. 
Judgiug  from  such  facts  as  have  come  to  our 
knowledge,  we  have  good  reason  to  suppose  that  the 
first  house  was  an  ordinary  edifice,  erected  when  the 
population  was  small  and  their  means  scanty,  for  we 
find  that  in  about  twelve  years  afterwards,  viz.,  in 
1646,  the  old  meeting  house,  so  called,  was  sold  for 
50  shillings,  and  was  to  be  removed  in  a  few  months  ; 
and  although  at  this  time  the  number  of  inhabitants 
was  not  large,  yet  iu  their  view,  it  was  sufficient  to 
warrant  the  town  in  1639,  in  refusing  to  receive  Mr. 
Humphrey  briffin  as  an  inhabitant,  the  town  being 
full!  Of  its  comparative  rank  and  wealth,  we  are 
enabled  to  form  some  opinion,  from  the  fact,  stated 
by  Felt,  that  in  1637,  "  Ipswich  stood  as  high  as 
Salem  in  the  rates,  and  in  1638,  Salem  stood  the 
third,  while  Ipswieh  had  so  exceeded  Salem  in  pros- 
perity, as  to  assume  its  place,  and  stood  next  to 
.Boston. 

THE    SECOND     HOUSE. 

From  1616,  the  time  of  building  the  second  house, 
to  1683,  we  find  many  expenses  incurred  on  the 
Meeting  house,  and  amoug  others  a  charge  for  raising 
a  new  frame,  which  probably  led  to  the  conclusion, 
stated  by  Mr.  Felt,  that  a  new  house  had  been  built 
and  paid  for,  iu  1678,  while  the  fact  was,  the  old 
house  had  been  enlarged  in  consequence  of  the  in- 
creased population  and  prosperity  of  the  town. 

It  may  be  mentioned  among  the  si^ns  of  the  times, 
that  such  was  the  stringency  of  the  laws  of  that  pe- 
riod, 1678,  that  the  Great  and  General  Court  required 
cages  to  be  set  up  in  the  market  place  in  Boston,  and 
such  towns  as  the  county  courts  shall  specify,  for 
coufiuing  violators  of  the  Sabbath.  It  may  not  be 
deemed  charitable  for  me  to  intimate,  that  such 
statutes  are  needed  at  this  time  ;  but  it  may  not  be 
amiss,  perhaps,  to  inquire,  if  such  cages  of  correction 
were  set  up  by  the  competent  authorities,  and  the 
laws  were  as  rigidly  enforced  as  they  were  at  that 
time,  whether  the  keepers  would  have  any  lack  of  em- 
ployment, or  the  cages  any  want  of  tenants. 


ll'.sW  It  1!      AN  1  li  >i  AKIAN      I'APKUS 


i  Mi      1 1 1 1 1: 1  •    LIOI  SE. 

!n  IG98  a  oew  Meeting  House  was  ordered  to 
be  built  forthwith.  '  onti  ary  to  the  pi 
tin-  present  day,  negotiations  were  carried  on  in 
open  town  meeting  ;  upon  an  offer  being  made  to 
build  the  house  for  C1100,  a  Mr.  1'cikins  stood 
ii[)  and  said  be  would  build  it  for  C9U0  ;  and  there- 
upon the  town  unanimous!}  consented  to  the  pro- 
posal of  Mr.  1'.  "all  things  to  be  done  to  the 
turning  ol  the  key  ."     The  dimensions    were    Gofl 

long,*60ft  wide.   2Gft  Stud.       The  house  was    | 

built  near  the  old  one,  and   the  committee  '-is  to 
lm\  e  the  old  bouse  pro\  ided  they  do  :is  followeth  : 
thej  are  to  sutler  the  inhabitants  to  meet  in  it  un- 
till  the  new  house  is  finisbed  ;  and  to   remove   the 
bid  one  within  six    montbs   after  meeting   in    the 
pew  bouse    which  thej  are  to  bank  up  handsomely 
with  stones  and  gravel  all  round;     the    Town   al- 
lowing stones  to  do  it  out  of  the  Fort."    This  fori 
subsequently  the  Watch  House,  are  supposed 
■>•■•  utood  on  the  spot  more  recently  occupied 
by  tin  County  jail,  and  now  by  the    residence   of 
rust<  r  ol  tins  people.    [Rev.  I)  I'  Kimball.] 
There  was  one  duty  which  was    not  overlooked 
nor  deemed  unimportant  at    this   time,   the    very 
u'e    ol   s<  ating    tin     M  <  ting    Hou  i  ; 
Scarcely  less  onerous  one  tban  of  erecting  a  house 
— it'  we  n.:i\  judge  from  the  accounts  which. 
Some    down  to  us.    Many    claimed    pre-eminence, 
anl  in  order  to  gratify  the  aspirations  of  such    to 
;:,.;■  esteemed  to  be  their  rights,    a    meeting 
bouse  must  be  altered  to  satisfy    their  claims,  and 
a    penalty   affixed   to  any    infringement   of  their 
privileges  1>\  those  who  held  inferior  stations  and 
wen'  subject  to  lower  rates  of  taxation 

Passing  by  the   ordinary    and    usual    detail--    of 
■  hial   affairs    Bince    the     completion     ol    the 
to,  viz.,    1699,    we  eon  e   to  a 
period  when  no    little   agitation    prevailed    in    re- 
;o  building  one  or  more  meeting    bouses    for 
[be  accommodation  of  the  Pirst  Parish,  as  il    then 
I'd,  or  for  such  pari  of  it  as  might  remain  un- 
let the  banner,  when  a    >\w.  ion    wa9    madi     ai   I 
he  South  Parish  wi  I  out   of   it .     A    \ <r\ 

Irsory    view  of  the  records  of  that  day,   shows 
hat  the   subject    v.  as    an  all  •       At 

pe  time  a  committee  was  appointed    to  considei 
he  foi  ui  and  dimi  if  a  new  bou  >e,   and   on 

ideofthe  river  it  should  stand    Soon  after 
■other  was  appointed    to   consider   the   subject, 


and  they  recommended  the  building  of  two  houses 
for  the  better  accommodation  of  one  cburchj  and 
parish,  one  of  which  was  to  be  placed  on  the 
North,  and  the  other  on  the  South  side  ol 
river;  and  when  these  two  houses  are  thus  built, 
that  the  Pastors  should  he  desired.,  to  • 
each  Sabbath,  alternating  ever^  halt  day.  Shortly 
alter  this  was  formally  considered,    we]  Qnd    that 

i  iewed,  and  the  Parish  recoi 
eied  their  vote,  and  declined  to  build  two   bou 
An  attempt  was    then    made  to    build  o 
house    and    to  place    it   on  the]  South  si  le  ol 
river.  This  failed.    Subsequently  it  wa9    voted  to 
alter  and  enlarge  the  old.  hous  ac- 

commodation of  the  people  on  the  South  side;  but 
in  the  year  following,  \i/.  .  1717.  there  appears  to 

have  been  more  excitement  eor Cted,     p 

with  some  difficulty  which  had  arisen  between  the 
Ltev'd  Mr.  Rogers,  whd  had   been   settled    a 
time  over  the  Parish,  and    Mr.    Walley   v 
aiding  Mr.  '••'.  in    his    ministerial   di  I  rcral 

of  those   who  had    been  actively  engaged  in  pro- 
moting a  division  ol  the    Parish,    applied    to 
( ireat  and  i  General  <  'ourt  for  the   d 
they  so  much  desired.    The   application    w 

ilul.  The  South  Parish  was  incorporated,  and 
soon  aftei  erected  a  house  of  worship,  which   was 
completed  in  1717.  and  Mr   Walley    became   the 
Pastor  of  the  hew  Parish  on  the  South    s   I 
river. 

1  UK    FOURTH    IIOL'SK. 

Aftei  these  events  had  transpired,  and  during 
the  \  i  ar  17  17.  this  Parish  took  into  consideration 
that  "weighty  affair,"  the  work  of  the  Meeting 
House.  After  due  deliberation,  preparal  >r\  steps 
were  taken  to  build  a  bouse  in  1748,  and  the 
h  i  oted  that  it  Bhould  stand  on  this  spot. 
The  dimensions  were  GGft  long,  17 ft  wide  and  2Gf 
vtui  The  work  went  forward  with  spirit,  and  in 
1749  the  building  was  tit  foi  use;  and  that  I 
pie  stood  for  nearly  one  hundred  year9,  a  laml- 
m at  k  for  the  manner  and  the  place  of  sa< 
"travellers  to  another  count r\ ." 

Lea>  in ,  and  continuing  om  waj  on- 

w  aid  from  the  I  mi  m    to  the    pi  i 

day,  i  184G,)  we   ha\  e  i  \  ents    to 

■.  and  no  matei  al  cbangi  -  in    t he    house  or 
ip   of  God   to  men!  ion.     I  i  »ns   had 

l  awav .  and  lime  ha  i  'lone    ts  work    so 
fcctualh  thai   the   house  of  171  '  had  I  ■ 


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dilapidated,  that  the  honor  of  God  and  the  com- 
fort of  His  worshippers  indicated  that  the  time 
had  come  to  build  the  Lord's  house.  It  was  de_ 
cided  to  do  so,  and  this  rock  was  fixed  upon  as 
the  foundation  for  it,  being  the  locality,  as  we  be- 
lieve, ;On^  which  every  house  of  worship  for  this 
Parishhas  been  erected  from  1634  to  this  /late. 
A  Committee  of  five  was  appointed  to  carry  out 
the  intentions  of  the  Parish,  and  charged  with 
the  supervision  of  the  work.  In  pursuance  of 
these  instructions,  a  plan  has  been  adopted  and 
it  is  proposed  to  erect  a  house  in  the  plain  Gothic 
style  of  architecture,  of  the  following  dimensions, 
viz.,  length. 7f>|  ft,  width  48ft,  height  25ft,  the 
height  of  the  tower  and  steeple  135  ft. 

Having  adopted  such  measures  as  seemed  ne- 
cessary for  the  final  accomplishment  of  this  object 
we  are  now  assembled  to  perform  the  first  public 
ceremony,  usual  on  such  occasions,  and  to  lay 
the  Corner  Stone  of  the  House  in  which  we  hope 
the  go8pel_will  be  preached  in  its  simplicity,  not 
only  to  us  but  also  to  our  children's  children. 
We  have  commenced  this  work  under  many  favor- 
able circumstances ;  having  no  divided  counsels 
in  reference  to  the  spot  on  which  to  erect  these 
walls  of  Zion  and  in  the  absence  of  those  feelings 
which  somstimes  obstruct  improvement  and  dis- 
courage effort.  Let  us  therefore,  one  and  all  and 
all  as  one,  with  united  hearts  and  strong  hands, 
go  forward  to  the  completion  of  this  house  of  wor- 
ship of  the  Most  High  ;  determined  that  with  His 
favor,  we  will  accomplish  the  work  we  have  to  do  ; 
that  not  only  we,  but  ours  now  and  hereafter, 
may  ever  have  occasion  to  rejoice  in  the  benefits 
which  result  from  the  services  of  the  Sanctuary. 


The  foregoing  Paper  is  a  copy  of  the  original 
in  the  Public  Library.  It  was  read  thirty-eight 
years  ago, — a  period  beyond  the  distinct  memory 
of  many.  It  will  be  interesting,  therefore,  if  some 
one  present  on  the  occasion  of  Laying  the  Stone, 
will  send  some  recollections  of  the  occasion  for 
publication  in  the  Antiquarian. 


I3P  Dr.  Jeremiah  Robinson,  mentioned  in  the 
Genealogy  of  William  Stevens  Robinson,  (  War- 
rington,) in  the  May  Antiquarian,  was  probably 
a  grandson  of  William  of  Newton,  and  not  son  as 
therein  stated.  Mrs.  Harriet  H.  Robinson  has  in 
print  another  historical  article,  the  landed  estates 
of  Emerson  Cogswell,  whose  Ipswich  home  was 
the  old  house  which  stood  on  the  site  of  Damon's 
Block,  opposite  the  Station. 


GRANTS.  1634.  No.  II. 
December  29,  1634.  jiuen  and  Granted  vnto 
mr.  John  Dillingham  sixty  acres  of  meadow 
ground  more  or  le^s  lying  in  the  Rocke  meadow 
and  laid  out  by  mr.  Wm  Clarke  and  John  Shats- 
well,  the  appointed  Comittce  for  that :  alsoe  thir- 
ty acre,  of  vpland  ground  adjoyning  vnto  the 
same  on  the  north  side  of  the  same,  to  his  heirs  or 
assignes  : 

At  a  Meeting  holden  the  5th  of  January  1634  : 
It  was  ordered  that  the  Neck  of  land  next  adjoin- 
ing vnto  mr.  Robert  Coles  his  land  exstending  vn- 
to the  sea  shall  Remaine  vnto  comon  vse  vnto  the 
Towne. 

That  the  Neck  of  land  where  vppon  the  great 
hill  standeth  which  is  knowne  by  the  name  of  the 
Castle  hill  Lying  on  the  other  side  of  this  river 
towards  the  sea,  shall  remaine  vnto  the  comon  vse 
of  the  Towne. 

Giuen  &  Granted  vnto  mr.  henery  Sewell 
ffourty  acres  of  land  lying  on  the  south  side  of 
this  River  next  vnto  the  land  of  mr.  John  Spencer 
&  mr.  Necholas  Easton,  and  on  the  south  side  of 
them,  vnto  him  hisheires  &  assignes:  if  that  bee 
convenient  the  highway  is.  to  be  laid  through  the 
land  of  mr.  Spenser  &  mr.  easton,  for  mr.  Sewall 
Best  accomodation  : 


1639.  Humphrey  Wise  dead,  his  widow  mar- 
ried Samuel  Greenfield  of  Salem.  The  Wise  chil- 
dren were  :  Benjamin,  Joseph, ?,    Sarah, 

Ann. 


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Honn  oj   William  'm 'I  Lydia   (  Lull)  Caldwell, 
High  St    Ipswich. 

William  Caldwell  was  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
[Foster)  Caldwell,  ami  grandson  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Dillingham)  Caldwell.  He  was  born  in 
1708,  married  Lydia  Lull  in  1729,  and  died  in 
17">s  He  built  the  above  house  for  his  home. 
It  was  taken  down  a  few  years  since  by  his  de- 
Bcendants.  Josiah  Caldwell,  Lsij.,a  well-remem- 
bered citizen,  was  his  grandson.  The  present 
High  street  Caldwells  are  his  descendants  also. 


Reminiscences : 

Bl    rilK  I.A'li:  Mil-    M\i'V  P.   (ANNABLE)    DOW. 

Rindge  Plain,  al  tho  Hamlet,  ran  from  the  Salem 
road  '"  Mile  river.  Going  from  [pewich  the  land  is 
at  tin-  left  of  the  road,  next  to  the  Dane  Farm.  The 
lastCapl  Rindge  was  in  the  army.  He  had  seven 
children,  and  th  j  all  lied  of  the  throat  ail,  which 
v.        i  fatal  one  summer. 

Aft<  r  the  burial  of  the  last  child,  a  neighbor  wenl 
to  see  Madam  riindge.  She  found  her  out-of-doors 
an  I  sitting  iii  the  -  inshine.  "  I  o  in'l  stay  in  the 
him-.'     -i  t  is  too  still ;  mv  house  is  swept." 

Tie  ii  the  told  this  dream     She    had    bought   a    new 
broom,  and  carried  it  along  the  r""l  till  she   c  mi 
the  Hamlet  Meeting  House.     She  went   in,    and  the 


house  w  is  v<  i  v  i  mptj  und  very  still.  S  iddenly  tl 
was  a  loud  voice,  "  The  house  must  be  .-wept — the 
h  use  must  be  Bwepl  !"  The  corning  th  t  her  own 
house  was  so  still  and  desolate,  the  forgotten  dream 
came  suddenly  to  memory.  "  rhe  house  is  swept, 
thoroughly,"  she  said,  and  he  went  out  und  sat  in 
the  .-midline. 

The  Rindge  house  was  standing  in  1730.  A  little 
later  it  was  either  taken  down  or  re-mode.l  I.  There 
were  beautiful  oaks  upon  the  land.  This  farm  was 
then  owned  by  I>  n.  Benjamin  Apple  ton.  I>e,.  A] 
pleton  married  Molly  Tilton.  She  was  a  descendant 
of  Abraham  Tilton,  who  built  one  of  the  Meeting 
Houses  in  Ipswich  town.  Dea.  Appleton  died  in 
ls_'  1.  He  left  a  -nn  Nathaniel,  who  became  a  deacon 
ofthe  Tabernacle  church  in  Salem,  an  1  a  daugbter 
who  married  Robe 1 1  Annabh,  and  h  r  daughter  mar- 
rii  d  a  Dace. 

A  Robert  Annablewent  from  Lpswich  to  the  Ham- 
let. He  had  a  .-lave  named  Phene.  Phene  had  a 
husband  who  was  owned  by  a  Dune,  and  lived  on  an 
adjoining  farm.  Tho  Annables  were  kind  I  i  PI 
Once  in  gathering  flax  there  was  need  of  haste  in 
ting  it  into  the  barn.  The  Annablc  daughters  and 
Phene  went  into  the  field  to  help.  One  of  the  girls 
thought  Phene  was  not  -pry  enough,  and  made  c  lash 
of  flax  and  whipped  her.  t'heneatonce  resented  it 
nnd  struck  b  ick. 

Another  slave  owned  in  tho  Hamlet  was  Plato. 
He  was  ven  Bhorl  in  Btature;  he  n  is  *cry  re  igious, 
and     lived    to    be    more    than    a    hundred   years  old. 

There  is  a  meadow  called    Plato's  Meadow,   whieh 
Mr.  Whipple  gave  to  him.  Elias  Haskell  now  owns  it, 

Tie  re  was  i  si  ive  in  [pswich-town    a  urn  '1    I  \ 
dim.     He  was  brought  from  Afrioa  and    had    ■ 
tl  ,t  head  .  he  said  il  was  a  i  ust  im  to  1 i\    weights   on 
the  heads  of  children  to  tint,  n  them.     He  sang  weird 
African  strains  and  'hen  said,  '  Gib  a  oop| 


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Tho:  Smith's  Sonne.    1648. 

The  Seaventh  Day  of  Decembr,  1648,  Tho: 
Smith  sonne  found  in  A  Pitt.  Thomas  Smith, 
the  Sonne  of  Thomas  Smith,  A  youth  about  12 
yeares  ould,  being  subject  to  Convultion  fitts, 
was  ffounde  by  good  prouidence  in  a  well  or  pitt, 
that  was  digged  in  the  Comon. 

The  Testimony  of  Anne  Morse,  the  Daughter 
of  Anthony  Morse,  which  saw  the  Aboue  saide 
Thomas  Smith  Coming  alonge  neere  to  the  pitt 
about^ten  of  the  Clocke,  Coming  to  Schoole. 

The  Testimony  of  Beniamine  Morse,  a  child  of 
six  year,  ould,  whoe  mett  him  a  little  further 
to  the  meeting  house,  and  asked  him  whither  hee 
was  goeing :  hee  Answered  To  Schoole.  The 
said  Child  Answered  that  hee  was  out  of  the  way. 

Steven  Swett  ffound  him  in  the  well  couerd 
with  Snow  and  water,  with  his  victualls  and  his 
coate  Lying  by  the  side  of  the  well  couered  with 
Snow,  It  being  A  very  Snowy  day. 

Anthony  Morse  and  John  Knight,  junr,  was 
present  at  the  Taking  him  out  of  the  well,  and 
gives  the  same  Testimony. 

Wee  whose  names  are  heere  under  written,  be- 
ing called  by  the  Constable  to  bring  in  ye  Verdict 
about  the  death  of  the  abovesaid  Thomas  Smith, 
Doe  agree  according  to  the  Evidence  giuen,  that 
he  went  to  the  Pitt  side,  and  fell  in  Back    warde. 

Richard  Knight,  John  Pike,  Danyell  Peirce, 
John  Permenter,  John  Huchens,  Henry  Lunt, 
Samuel  Plumer,  William  Morse,  Robert  Long, 
Edmond  Morse,  Thomas  Dow,  Beniamen   Swett. 


1G53.  The  inventory  of  John  Knowlton,  men- 
tions "one  great  Byble,  a  broad  book  of  Mr. 
Bifields  workes,  9  other  bookes  &  bibles."  His 
wife  was  Margery  Knowlton  and  she  had  two 
sisters, — Elizabeth  Wilson  and  Jane  Kenning. 

In  1675,  forty-two  years  after  the  settlement 
of  Ipswich,  there  were  400  houses  in  town. 

Gov.  Symonds  called  his  Topsfield  larm,  the 
Ollivers;  Mr  ffirman  called  his  farm  Thome  Hill. 


Judge   Sewell's   Gift. 

In  the  Diary  of  Judge  Sewell  we  find  the  1 
lowing  entry  :  "  Satterday,  May  21,  1726.  Tc 
leave  of  Mr.  Rogers.  Gave  him  Mr.  Willari 
Body  of  Divinity  ;  To  bis  Son,  who  is  call'd 
the  Church  of  Ipswich,  Dr.  Owen's  volume,  prii 
ed  by  Subscription.  Visited  Col.  Appleton  w 
J.  D."     [Judge  Dudley.] 

The  Willard  volume,  in  most  excellent  pres» 
vation,  is  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Nathan 
Rogers  Farle}',  a  descendant  of  Mr.  Rogers.  < 
the  fly-leaf  in  the  autograph  of  Se  wall  is  writte 

"  For  the  Reverend  Mr.  John  Rogers,  Past 
of  thejjFirst  Church  in  Ipswich,  who  aptly  Teac 
es,  Encourages,  and  exhorts,  by  Doctrine 
Example,  all  Men  and  Women  so  to  Order  tht 
Conversation,  as  that  they  mav  be  made  to  s 
the  Salvation  of  GOD.     May  20,  1726." 

The  title  of  the  ponderous  book  is:  "JT1 
Compleat  Body  of  Divinity,  in  Two  Hundred  ar 
Fifty  kExpository  Lectures  on  the  Assembly 
Shorter  Catechism.  By  the  Reverend  and  Lean 
ed  Samuel  Willard,  M.  A.  Late  Pastor  of  tl 
South  Church  in  Boston,  and  Vice  President  « 
Harvard  College  in  Cambridge, 'in  New-Englan( 


Grants.    1684.    No.    III. 

Giuen  and  Granted  vnto  John  webster  &  vnt 
mathias  Curren  and  vnto  phillp  fowler  &  vnt 
willm  Moody  and  vnto  Thorns  Dorman  &  vnt 
Christapiier  Osgood  &  vnto  Joseph  medcalfe,  t 
each  of  them  ioure  acres  of  meadow  &  mars 
Ground  as  that  will  arise  in  20  poles  or  rods  b 
the  land  side,  vnto  them  them  their  helres  an 
assignes,  northward  of  the  Towne,  the  marsh  i 
not  limited  unto  them. 

Giuen  and  Granted  vnto  Richard  Kentt,  fou 
acres  of  land  near  the  riuer  of  Chebacca  ;  &  tha 
is  consented  vnto  He  may  biuld  an  other  wayr 
upon  the  same  River  &  In  Joy  the  pfitts  of  th 
same  : 


Att   a  meeting   holden  thej^eth  of.Januar 
1634 :  Granted  vnto   John  Mussey  a  portion  c 
land  lying  Northward  ot   the   Towne,    in  twent 


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Rod  of  breadth    North   &  South,    ^v    to  exstend 

westward  to  ;i  path  way  leading  towards  the 
merimicke,  in  equal]  Length  with  Anthony  Shorte 
and  others,  vnto  his  Bole  and  proper  vse. 

Giuen  and  Granted  vnto  Anthony  Shorte,  a 
portion  of  laud  lying  next  vnto  John  Mussey's 
Northward  in  iwent  Rod  broade,  &  vnto  the  fore 
said  path  leadiug  towards  merimack  River,  in 
equall  length  with  Robert  mussyea  and  others, 
vnto  Ins  sole  &  pper  vse,  &c. 

Ginen  and  Granted  vnto  Robert  Mussey  a  por- 
tion ot  Land  lying  next  to  Anthony  Shorte  North 
ward  in  fourty  Rods  Broad  ami  vnto  the  foresaid 
path  leading  towards  merimack  River,  in  equall 
Length  with  henery  Shorts  &  others,  unto  his 
beires  or  asignes. 

Giuen  and  (J  ranted  to  Henery  shorte,  a  portion 
of  lands  lying  next  vnto  Robert  Musseys  north- 
ward in  fourty  Rod  Broad,  and  vnto  the  foresaid 
path  leading  Towards  merimack  River,  in  e<piall 
Length  with  John  Shatswell  and  others,  vnto  him 
his  heires  and  Assigues  : 

Giuen  and  (i ranted  vnto  John  Shatswell  a  por- 
tion of  Land  Lying  next  vnto  henery  short  North- 
wail  in  sixty  Rods  Hroad,  and  unto  the  path 
Leading  toward  merimack  River  in  Equall  length 
with  henery  Short  and  others,  uuto  his  sole  and 
proper  vse : 

Giuen  and  Graunted  vnto  willm  white,  twenty 
Acres  of  land  lying  on  the  south  side  of  this  River 
at  the  west  end  of  mr.  Spencer  his  Land,  vnto  his 
sole  and  proper  vse. 

Ginen  and  Granted  vnto  Daniel  Clarke  six 
acres  of  land  more  or  less  lying  vppon  the  neck 
of  land  in  equall  share  with  John  Mailing  ami 
others,  vnto  Ins  sole  and  proper  vse. 

Ginen  and  Granted  vnto  mr.  Necholas    Easton 

a  great  hill  of  land  lying  towards  a  Creek  coming 
oat  of  the  River  of  Chebacco :  with  Bucb  conven- 
iance  of  laml  ad  Joyntng  as  shall  amount  to  three 
hundred  Acres  vnto  him  his  heires  and  abSigneS. 
It  three  hundred  Acres  of  land  be  not  found  on 
that  side  of  the  river  that  is  to  he  laid  out  vpon 
the  side  ef  the  River  to  make  vp  800  Acres. 

Giuen    and    Granted    vnto    mr.    John   Spencer 

three  hundred  acres  of  land  lying  next  vnto  the 
land  of  mr.  Raston  towards  the  River  of  Ch'ebao 

CO  vnto  him  his  heln !f  and  a-signs. 


March  15,  1663.      Voted  that  our    Ihd    hooeied 
strates,  together  with  the  selectmen,  ure  a    com 
mitty  to  repaire  the  meeting  house. 

Voted    i"    invite    M  i .   Andrew  -   to  come    to    the 
Towne  &  Keepe  the  |  ubliqui    frei         •'•  ,   ami    <  I 
man  Giddiug  and   Goodman    Bishop    are    desired    to 
acqaint  him  with  the  Town*  -  vote. 

1683-4.  Killcross  Rosa  deceased.  Widow  Mary. 
Children, — John,  Mary,  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  William, 
Samuel,  Jane,  Abigail,  Jonathan,  Daniel. 

April,  1684.  John  Kimball  age  17,  John  Kim- 
bull  5<»,  Philip  Fowler  36,  John  Apple  ton,  jr 

Afclt  ye  23d,  1692-3.  The  Select  nun  have  mett 
&  Layd  out  the  Several!  parcels  of  Ground  bj  ye 
Riuer    Side    between  Samuel   Urd  &    ye 

T<  vsne  bridge,  which  n  is  gran t<  J  bj  ye  Towne  to 
those  persons  win  se  i  ames  are  uu  lei  written,  begin- 
ning at  ye  bridg  &  eo  by  ye  Riur  side  to  ye  high 
way  goeing  over  ye  Riuer. 

1  William  Willson  24ft.  13   Lieut  Whipple      22  ft 

2  Thos   Perrio       2J  14    \l  bt  Lord,  jr.        18 

',',  Joseph  ffuller      28  15  Symon  W 1        18 

4  Mr  Natt'U  Rust  28  16   \l>  Robl  Kinsmanl8 

.")  <  Jornelius  Kenl    I  -  I7£v\  n  i  ui|tlu  i       M 

6  Daniel  Ringc      28  1-  TbnsSmith  I  yl(  r  18 

7  Klihu  Wardallsr28  19  Mr  Abra  Pi  rkin    20 

8  John    Willson     18  20  Jas  Burnham 

9  Jacob  Rowell      28  21  'I        K 

10  Capt.  Wade        36       22  Th*  Knnwlton  sen  18 

11  John  Koowltonjr  18      -'.'>  Samuel  w 

12  Mr. lost; Ihue  Is  Balt-m  iker,  18 

Joseph  ffuller  sold  his  lot  t<>  his  brother  N  ith'l  ffuller. 
Thos  Roowltoo  bo't  Cornelius  Km-  &  then  sold  it  to 

Nathaniel  ffuller. 
William  Willson  sold  his  lot  with  ye    Rocks    tic  rein 

to  M  r.  Nathaniel  Rust,  uen'r, 

Nov. '_'('>,  1667.  Thomas  White  guardian  of  Mar- 
tha  Haffield  .     Rob  rt  Cross  of  B  ich  1 

II ..Hi.  Id. 

Ii'"ti7.     Johana  Piske  u - 

Nov.  6,  1667,     John  Lambert  buried  al  Ron 


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BIRTHS.— 1666. 
Mary  daugh  :  of  John  Ross  borne  the  16  of  Aprill 
Moses  sonn  of  Robert  Pearce  borne  the  11  June. 
Joseph  sonn  of  JohnWhipple,  junr.  the  8  June. 
John  sonn  of  Ezekiell  Rogers,  the  12th  of  June. 
Joseph  sonn  of  Cornet  John  Whipple,  8  (4.) 
John  sonn  of  Mr   John  Rogers,  the  7  July. 
Mathew  son  of  Mathew  Perry,  the  16  of  July. 
Lydia  daugh  Edward  Colborne,  20th  August. 
Thomas  sonn  of  Thomas  French,  11  May. 
Ezekiell  sonn  of  Ezekiell  Woodward,  9th  August 
Mary  dau.  of  Jobn  Chote,  16  of  August 
Susana  daugh  :  Fanell  Ross,  the  2th  of  October. 
William,  sonn  of  William  Buckley,  14th  Octobar. 
John  sonn  of  John  Browne,  the  29  Sept. 
Beniamin  son  of  Francis  Wainwright,  16  Sept. 
Ruth  daugh  of  John  Smith,  the  8th  of  Octobar. 
Joseph  sonn  of  Joseph  Whipple,  the  31  October. 
Sarah  daugh  of  John  Kindnck,  the  11  of  July. 
William  sonn"  of  Mr.  Richard  Hubbard,  29   Nov. 
Thomas  sonn  of  Nathaniell  Pyper,  26  Novembar. 
Sarah  daugh  Richard  Walker,  the  29  Noveb : 
Elizabeth  daugh  :  Edward  Allen,  the  29  Decemb  : 
Elizabeth  daught :  of  Elihu  Wardell,  15  Decemb: 
Elizabeth  daughter  of  Caleb  Kimball,  8  of  Sept. 
Thomas  sonn  of  Thomas  Burnam,  jun.  19th  Jan. 
John  sonn  of  John  Hovey,  Uecembar. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  John  Warner,  3  of  June. 
Elizabeth  &  Lucy  daugh  :  John  Edwards,  28  Feb 
Thomas  sonn  of  Edward  Deare,  14  of  February. 
Dillingham,  sonn  of  John  Cauldwell,  6  of  March. 
Rebeacha  daugh  Renold  Foster,  jun.  25  Feb. 
Nathaniell  son  of  Twiford  West,  the  first  of  Jan. 
John  sonn  of  Thomas  Stace,  the  16  of  March. 
Sarah  daugh  :  of  Joseph  SafTord,  the  20  of  March 
William  son  of  Anthony  Wood,  20th  March. 
Abigaill  daugh  Shoreborne  Willson,  20  of  March. 

John  sonn  of  Samuell  Rogers,  the 

Adam  sonn  of  William  Coggswell,  12  of  January. 
Hanah  daugh:  Thomas  Newman,  jun.  16  of  Feb. 
Abighaill  daugh :  of  Moses  Pengry,  January  30. 
Thomas  son  of  John  Newman,  jun'r  3  of  March 


Joseph  sonn  of  Samuell  Ingalls,  23  Decemb  : 
John  sonn  of  Thomas  Clarke,    taylour,    13    Nov. 
Sarah  daugh  Killcress  Ross,  22  January. 
Pricilla  daugh  :  Samuell  Warner,  25  Septembar. 

MARRIAGES.— 1667. 

John  Baker  and  Kat.herin  Perkins,  the  13  of  May. 
John  Sherwin  &  Frances  Lomase,  the  25  Novem. 
Jacob  Perkins  &  Sarah  Wainwright,  1667. 
Thomas  Borman  and  Elizabeth  Perkins,  1  of  Jan  : 

DEATHS- 1667. 

Margret  wife  of  Obadiah  Wood,  the  5th  Jully. 

Ruth  daughter  of  John  Smith,  6th  Jully. 

William  Searle,  the  16  of  August. 

Sarah  Pittice,  the  12  of  August. 

Elizabeth,  dau  :  Wdliam  Lambert,  7th  of  August. 

Tho  :  Howlett,  jun.  the  22  of  Eecembar. 

Magaret  daught  Obadiah  Wood. 


RICHARD  HAFFIELD. 

Mrs.  P.  of  Boston  writes  : — At  the  State  House 
1  found  a  paper  which  gives  the  native  place  of 
Richard  Haffield  of  Ipswich,  and  the  names  of 
some  of  his  children.  kw  Richard  Hayfield  of  Sud- 
bury in  Old  England  ;  first  wife  Judith  and  dau. 
Mary  and  Sarah ;  marries  a  second  time  and 
comes  to  Ipswich  in  New  England ;  has  three 
daughters  by  his  second  wife.  Mary  married  Jo- 
siah  Cobbett ;  Sarah  was  wife  of  John  llsley. — 
The  paper  is  dated  1668,  and  it  states  that  Rich- 
ard died  29  years  before, — which  would  be  about 
1639. 

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From  a   Drawing  by  Arthur    W  Uow 


Revolutionary  Letters. 
Contributed  by  Mrs.    Sally  Burnham. 
[Isaac  Burnham,  Jr..  to  hour  Burnham,  Sen'r.] 
■CToiiEK  u:  I,   1777.      Honourd  father  awl  mother:  baring  an- 
:r  oppertunty  I  give  my  duty  to  yon,  hoping  these    few    lines   will 
you  and  the  family  in  beltb,  as  they  leave  me.  blessed  be  god  for 
reat  a  mercy      I  am  now  in  Albany,  and  I  expect  Jt<>   tarrj    here 
II  genuary,  then  we  expect  a  discharge,     there    is    bul  Beven  of  ue 
the  rest  of  the  Company  are  up  to  the  Camp  at    still    water. — 


ye  l'.»  of  September  the  enemy 
Came  to  give  battle  to  our  peo- 
ple, our  troops  went  out  against 
them  and  drave  them  two  mile, 
killed  a  considerable  numl>cr  of 
them  and  took  about  two  hun- 
dred prisinere.  we  lost  some 
men.  they  desert  to  our  camp 
allrnost  every  day.  And  they 
are  but  eight  1000.  Generall 
-  has  12000  with  him.  they 
are  in  good  spirits,  there  has  a 
number  gone  round  burguines 
army  and  taken  sheensborough, 
and  gone  ovr  the  lake  and  taken 
the  french  lines  wich  belongs  to 
tycondoroga,  and  we  expect  to 
have  the  whole  in  a  few  days. — 
The  deserters  say  that  the\  are 
told  that  Hows  army  is  in  Al- 
bany, and  burguine  is  to  rn 
iiim  there.  But  they  find  it  oth- 
er ways,     we  expect  a  battle  e\  - 

ery  day.  <  Mir  people  have  for- 
tified on  this  side  of  the  enemj  . 
so  that  if  they  are  obliged  to  re- 
treat, they  may  have  a  place  of 
Btrength  to  go  too.  the  malitia 
reinforce  our  army   continualy. 

we    are    in     bopee    to    take    the 

whole  of  burguines  army  before 
longe  :    our  peopole  have  taken 

Orge  and  mount    nop,,  wieh 

lietb  to  the  westward   of  tj 
The  fiifim  went  out  by  the  w ay 
of  the  french  lines  and  fori  g< 

where  on!  people  now  ha\ej  pos- 

esion,  so  that   they    are   allmosl 


toH 


IPSWICH     ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 


all  around  them.  I  would  implore  the  blessing 
of  god  on  all  our  armys,  that  they  may  be  suc- 
cesfull  in  subdueing  those  tyrants  which  over- 
spread our  land. 

I  have  not  received  a  leter  from  you  since  that 
dated  Au't  ye  18th.  Give  my  love  to  brother  & 
sister,  if  an  opertunity  :  I  write  nomore,  at  pres- 
ent, But  remain  your  Dutiful  .Son, 

Isaac  Burnham. 
To  Mr.   Isaac  Burnham  att  Ipswich. 


Capt.  Jacob  Low  to  Isaac  Burnham ,'jsen'r* 
Albany,  Novevrir  13th,  1777.  Dear  Sr.  I 
have  Occation  to  Present  you  with  the  Melancoly 
News  of  your  Son's  Death,  he  Died  11th  of  this 
Instant  about  half  after  three  afternoon,  and  the 
Twelvith  Instant  was  Decerntly  Entir'd.  he  Lay 
Sick/rom^the  first  ofOcto'r  to  the  time  of  his  De- 
parture, he  was  Blest  with  his  Sencis  till  he  De- 
parted this  Life,  he  wanted  for  Nothing  During 
his  sickness.  1  Chared  a  Man  from  Duty  to  at- 
tend on  him  During  his  Sickness.  1  have  took 
all  the  Care  I  Could  of  his  Money  and  Cloths,  and 
shall  wait  to  see  if  there  is  a  Prospect  of  any  of 
his  friends  Coming,  Before  I  Vendue  them,  if 
you  Don't  Come,  Pray  Send  me  Word  what  you 
Would  have  Me  Do  with  His  Affects,  the  Rest 
of  my  Company  Remain  Well  and  hearty.  I  Con- 
dole with  you  all  in  so  great  a  Loss  as  is  Inflicted 
on  you  by  the  Bereaving  Stroke  in  Loosing  your 
Son,  who  must  have  Been  Dear  to  you  all.  But 
Since  it  is  the  hand  of  a  Kind  Providence,  you 
must  Strive  to  make  yourself  Contended  : 

I  have  Discharged  Joseph  Perkins,  the  Bearer 
of  this,  from  my  Company,  who  perhaps  May 
Give  you  an  account  of  Some  Particulars  that  I 
have  not  time  to^Write.  I  have  nothing  More  at 
Present  to  Write.  Must  Couclude  with  my  Res- 
pects to  you  all.  I  am  your  Friend  and  Humble 
Servant.  Jacob   Low. 

To  Mr.  Isaac  Burnham.  Ipswich.  New  England. 
Farwired  Pr.  Joseph  Perkins. 


Revolutionary  Enlistments,  &c. 
We  the  Subscribers  severally  Inlist  to  Serve 
for  the  Town  of  Ipswich,  in  Colo.  Jacobs  Regt, 
in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  until  the  first  Day 
of  Jan'y  next,  unless  sooner  regularly  discharged, 
and  to  be  under  the  Command  of  such  Officers  as 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Brigadier  of  this  Coun- 
ty, and  we  promise  to  march  when  Ordered  to 
the  plas  of  L  estination  agreeable  to  the  Resolves 
of  the  Gen'l  Assembly  of  this  L'.tate  of  June  25th, 
1779. 

Sam'll  Waite,  Solomon  Coleman,  Epes  Jewett, 
Nath'el  Rust,  Jun'r,  William  Dodge,  4th,  Benj. 
Peck,  William  Campernell,  Daniel  Foster,  David 
How,  Oliver  Appleton,  Benja.  Emerson,  Joseph 
Lufkin,  Thomas  Mullet,  ju-'r,  Beniamin  Lovkin, 
Benjamin  Sends,  John  Kimball,  Samuel  Ross,  jr. 
Nathaniel  Knowlton,  John  Harris,  Moses  Cald- 
well, Amos  Heard,  Moses  Jewett,  Juner,  Rich- 
ard Ringe,  Thomas  Cutter. 

We  the  Subscribers  hereby  acknowledge  that 
we  have  Rec'd  from  the  Town  of  Ipswich  by  the 
Hands  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  said  Town 
to  hire  the  Men  that  should  be  calld  for  to  Defend 
the  United  States  of  America,  this  present  year, 
the  Sum  of  One  Hundred  pounds  in  part  of  what 
said  Town  has  Engaged  to  pay  us  for  performing 
the  Duty  of  Soldiers  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island 
agreeable  to  the  Inlistment  we  have  Signed. 

Ipswich,  June  29th,  1779. 

Sam'll  Wait,  Solomon  Colman,  Wm  Campre- 
nell,  Nath'el  Rust,  Jun'r,  Daniel  Foster,  David 
How,  Ben  Peck,  William  dodge,  Ju.  Oliver  Ap- 
pleton, Jun. 

We  the  Subscribers  promis  to   let   on   Demand 
with  Interest,  to  the  Hon'll  Michael  Farley,  Esq. 
Treasurer  for  the  Town  of  Ipswich,   for   the    Use 
of  sd  Town,  the  Sums  of  money    affexed^  against     , 
our  Respective  Names. 

Ipswich,  June  28th,  1779. 

John  Treadwell,  120  dol 
John  Baker,  ^OOjEDol 
Stephen  Choate,  460 
Nathaniel  Lord,   800 
Francis  Cogswell,  500 


rPSWl    II     AN  riQl  ARIAN     PAP1  RS 


,  July  8,  1 7 7i*      The  soldiers  Rec'd  from     l 
I  Ipswich.  £15  as  milage  to  tbe  State  of    Rhode 
i.  over  .v  above  the  2s  the  State  gives. 

Danvers,  July  15.  1  77'.'.  Then  Rec'd  of  Major 
nomas  Burnam  seven  soldiers  raised  hy  tbe 
nwn  of  Ipswich  as  part  of  their  Quota  of  men 
o  join  the  Continental  Army  Cor  nine  months 
■reeable  to  Order  of  tbe  Gen'l  Court.  I  saj 
Efd  li\    me  I sb  \i:i.  Hutchinson. 

["o  be  (  'ontinued. ) 

Early  Names. 
April,  1680.     Thomas  Berry  appeared  and  de- 
Bred  thai  he  was  a.    hind    servant   for    a    yeare 
■th  Natb :   Browne  from  the    Brst   of  December 

a-' 

John  Annable  appeared  and  testified  that 
larlha  Gilbert  is  in  his  family  under  family  gov- 

•lliintii!  . 

Goodwife  Dutch  the  wife  of  John  Dutch,  ap- 
>eai i'il  and  declared  that  Sarah  Gilbert  lives  with 
■or  under  family  government. 

Israel  ll<  niwell  appeared  &  declared  that  he 
vas  under  family  government  with  Nathaniel! 
pnerson. 

William  Wimball  appeared  and  owned  himselfe 

0  live    with  quarter   master    perk  ins    vnder  his 
ami  v  gov(  i  nmenl . 

Apr1  L,  LG80.  Thomas  Wiilson  comes  to  town, 
ilus  Wilson  promises  he  shall  be  uo  charge 

Joseph  Fuller  lives  with  Simon  Wood. 

Thomas  Puller  lives  with  his  (father,  Thomas 
ferrin.  Mr.  Hubbard  &  John  Dane  testify  that 
he  two  [fullers  are  orderly  persons. 

Amos  Gawdy  ingaged  to  be  vnder  famyly  gov. 

1  Abr.  Perkins      Abra  :  to  looke  after  him. 

Jonathan  Santon  lives  with  Nathll  Wells. 

John  Lee  liveth  in  tbe  bouse  with  his  mother 
nd  brol  her  Joseph  Lee. 


flrancis  Graves  is  Jacob  Bennets   seruant,    his 

time  bee  expired  about  June  next. 

Ann  r'l  of  Nathll  Chapman. 

Tbe  agreement  of  Richard  Bedford  appeared  in 
writing  that  be  had  put  himselfe  a  servant  vnto 
Thomas  Attwood  and  vnder  his  familj  governm't 

Mary  Bolton  appeared  &  declared  that  she 
Lived  vnder  the  family  government  of  John 
Brown  farmer,  and  the  sayd  Brownes  wife  owned 
it  to  be  so. 

Lewis  Zacharias  appeared  and  owned  that  at 
present  he  lived  with  Jacob  Perkins,  and  had  yn- 
I  to  come  to  Live  his  master  Robert  Dutch 
within  a  month,  and  the  said  Dnl eh  owned  him  to 
be  his  servant  after  the  sd  month,  and  yngaged 
for  him  to  look  after  him  as  the  law  requires. 

samuell  Saward — Mr.  Daniell  Epps  servant 
one  veai'.     Richard  Prier,  ditto. 

Nov.  ."..  1681.  John  Newmarch,  aen'r,  Tith- 
ingman.  Informed  that  Richard  Smith  hath  a  ser- 
vant, John  Yell,  that  bee  with  him  many  years, 
and  hath  not  learned  him  to  read. 

1681,  October.  Joseph  Hatter,  a  stranger, 
has  beene  beere  a  weeke,  and  tytbingraan   Dan'H 

I  love  y  informs  the  selectmen  of  it.     Hatter  is  or- 
dered to  depart. 

1681.  A  vagabond  pson,  viz.,  John  Uartwrighl 
must  leave  town 

Alexander  Tompson  entertained  Phillip  Welch- 
es family  con  Iran   to  Town  order. 

John  vGainee  bis  man  Ben:  Webster;  John 
Stamford  Ins  man  Joim  Wallingford ;  appear  be- 
fore Constable  atSimon  Stace's  house  to  answer 
for  not  being  under  family  government. 

Grace  Stoak  not    under  family  government  a^ 

the  law  proi  Idi  -     ngle  pei  ion    ought  to  doe. 


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No.    IV. 

meeting  this   day 


Grants.    1635. 

Aprill  20th,  1635.  At  a 
held  by  the  towne  it  was  Agreed  if  any  Timber  or 
clay  boards  shall  at  any  time  hear  after  be  carried 
out  of  this  Towne  without  the  Consetof  the  towne 
such  timber  or  clay  boards  shall  bee  forth  with 
forfeited  the  Towne  :  At  the  same  meeting  it  was 
agreed  &  ordered  by  consent  of  Towne  that  no 
man  shall  Sell,  lend,  give  or  convey  or  cause  to 
be  conveyed  or  sent  out  ot  this  towne  any  timber 
sawen  or  vnsawen,  Riuen  or  unriven  vppon  paines 
of  forfeiting  the  same  or  the  price  thereof  to  the 
vse  of  the  towne. 

Granted  to  william  ffoster  all  the  west  end  of 
the  little  Neck  except  ten  acres  of  vpland  ground 
lying  next  good  man  whites,  and  fire  acres  of 
marsh  Ground  lying  of  each  side  the  vpland. 

There  was  Giuen  &  Granted  to  Thomas  Dud- 
ley, Esqu'r  in  October,  1635,  one  percell  of  ground 
containing  a  bout  nine  acres  lying  Betweene 
goodman  Cross  on  the  west  and  a  lot  jn tended  to 
mr.  Bradstreete  on  ye  east  uppon  parcell  of  wch 
nine  acres  mr.  Dudley  hath  Built  an  house. 

Also  there  was  granted  to  hiua  twenty  five 
acres  Late  Goodman  Musseys  lying  Beetweeue 
John  Shatswell  &  a  lot  late  goodinan  Crosses  now 
mr.  Saltinstalls  also  a  ten  acre  lott  in  Reedy 
marsh  also  one  hundred  acres  of  meadow  &  one 
hundred  acres  of  vpland  at  ye  fair  meadows  whear 
he  would  chuse  it :  &  wh  now  since  he  hath  chos- 
en all  these  parcells  lying  &  esteemed  to  ly  in 
Jpswich.  All  wch  premises  aforesaid  with  the 
houses  built  thereon  and  the  palejug  sett  vp  there- 
in the  said  Thomas  Dudley,  Esqu'r  hath  sold  to 
mr.  hubbard  and  his  heires  : 

Granted  to  william  white  a  house  lott  bounded 
on  the  sout  west  by  the  River,  on  the  .North  west 
by  Mr.  Saywells  houselot,  on  the  North  east  by 
Goodman  Hassells  house  lott,  on  ye  south  east  by 
mr.  Easton  house  lott :  Also  their  was  Granted 
to  him  a  place  to  set  a  house  bounded  on  the 
south  by  John  Whityers  house  lott  on  the  north 
by  the  high  street :  on  the  west  by  goodman 
goodhu  :  on  the  east  by  a  street  yt  goes  to  the 
mill :  also  there  was  Granted  to  him  twenty  acres 
of  land  part  meadow,  part  vpland,  lying  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Towne  on  the  south  east  side  the 
high  way  that  leades  to  the  great  necke  on  the 
west  side  of  mr.  Braces  land.  Also  their  was 
Granted  to  him  two  hundred  acres  of  land  lying 
at   the    farther    Chebacco,   bounded  on  the  south 


east  by  a  Creek  that  lyes  Between  it  and  mr. 
Cogswells  Land  Bounded  on  the  north  by  a  Great 
Bare  hill  without  Trees. 

Their  was  Granted  to  John  Shatswell  about 
six  acres  of  ground  uppon  percell  whereof  the 
said  John  Shatswell  hath  built  an  house  lying 
betweene  mr.  wades  house  lott  on  the  East  &  mr 
ffirmans  on  the  west,  haueing  goodman  webster 
house  lott  on  the  North  east.  Also  a  percell  of 
land  part  marsh  part  vpland  containing  twenty- 
fiue-acres  in  the  whole  lying  Betweene  mr.  Dud- 
leys toward  the  south  &  huraphry  Bradstreet 
toward  the  *  orth.  Also  a  rtarme  containeing 
two  hundred  acres  lying  beyond  the  North  com- 
monly called  Egypt  River  ad  Joyneing  to  the 
bounds  of  Newhery  : 

Granted  to  Jonathan  Wade  two  hundred  acres 
of  land  at  Chebacco,  haueing  mr.  winthroppe 
farme  on  the  north  west  mr.  Samuell  Dudlys 
north  east  &  a  creeke  called  chebacco  creeke  on 
the  south  east.  Also  a  six  acre  lott  of  planting 
Ground  lying  next  the  meadowes  by  a  Creeke 
commonly  called  Labour  in  Vaine,  wch  meadowes 
belong  to  mr.  Saltonstall  &  mr.  Denison  : 

Granted  to  Mr.  John  Coggswell  three  hundred 
acres  of  land  at  the  farther  Chebacco,  hauing  the 
River  on  the  south  east,  the  land  ot  Willm  White 
on  ye  North  west  &  a  Creeke  Coming  out  of  the 
Riuer  towards  willm  white's  larme  on  the  north 
east.  Bounded  al^o  on  the  west  with  a  creeke  & 
a  little  brooke.  Also  there  was  granted  to  him  a 
percell  of  ground  containing  eight  acres,  vppon 
part  whereof  the  said  John  Coggswell  hath  Built 
an  house,  it  being  ye  corner  lott  in  Bridge  streete 
and  hath  goodman  Bradstreete  houselott  on  ye  s.e. 

Their  was  also  granted  to  him  six  acres  of 
Ground  late  mr.  John  Spencers,  Butting  vpp*n 
the  river  on  the  sovth  east  haueing  a  lott  of  Ed- 
mund Gardners  on  the  north  east  &  alott  of  Ed- 
mund Saywards  on  the  south  west  wch  six  acres 
of  ground  the  sd  John  Coggswell  hath  sold  to  J  no 
Perkins  the  younger  his  heires  and  assignes : 

Granted  to  Thomas  Firman  one  hundred  acres 
of  land  beyond  Chebacco  Creeke,  haueing  llobt 
Andrewes  land  on  the  north  west  &  a  great  bare 
hill  on  the  southwest.  Also  ten  Acres  of  meadow 
in  the  marsh  commonly  Called  Rockee  marsh. 
Also  a  six  acre  lott  of  planting  Ground  on  the 
sout  side  the  Riuer  lying  betweene  mr  Saltonstals 
and  mr  woodmansees  and  ad  Joyning  to  the 
Riuer  at  the  northwest  end  : 


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GRAN  l>       L63G.     :  0.   V. 


-  There  was  Granted  to  Job n  perkins,  Junr,  sis 
acres  of  planting  ground  beyond  John  roam 
lying  Hetweeu  tfrancis  .Ionian  on  the  one  side 
&  tboinas  Hardye  on  the  other  si  lc  :  also  there 
was  Granted  to  him  six  acres  of  marsh  lying  vp- 
pon  the  Creeke  commonly  Called  Labour  in  vaine 
haueing  tur    Bartholmewes  on  t  le  &    tin 

it  River  on  the  other  side.     Also  a  house  loti 

aining  an  acre    lying    by    the   river,    haueing 
I      mas  Hardyes  &  Roberl  Andrewes  house  lotts 
on  the  Smith  vppon  wch  John    perkins 

bath  l>iuli  an  bouse  &  Inclosed  it  wth  paleing. 

Their  was  also  Granted  to  him    Que    &    fourty 
acres  of  ground    lying    be}Fond    greal    Chebacco 

r  right  against  the  ware  boun  led  by  the  Riv- 
er  on    the    northwest    and  by  a   swamp    on    the 
Lb  east.     There  was  also   liberty    Granted    to 
bueld  a  ware  wch  lie  hath  built  <v  is  tojnJoy    the 

fits  thereof  for  Beven  years;  beginning  IG36, 
for  the  wch  be  is  to  sell  the  alewiue9  be  their 
takes  at  .".  shillings  a  10Q0  according  to  bis  agree- 
ment wch  the  Tonne  expressed  in  the  towne 
Booke,  wch  fiue  iV  forty  acred  an  I  the  wares  the 
Baid  John  Perkins,  Junr  hath  sold    to    rar     John 

jwell  bis  beires  and  A ssigm 

Granted  to  John  Cross  one    hundred    acre 
land  haueing  the  North    comraonlj    called    Kgipt 
liiuer  on  the  South  east  and  the  land  of   Humph- 
m -\  B  te  on  the  north  easte,   likewise    Que 

and  Twenty  acres  on  the   North  Side    the  Towne 
haueing  the  land  of  Thomas    Dudley.    I.        .    on 
the  North  and  Roberl  Andrews  toward  the  south : 
likewise  an  bouse  lott   lying    near   the    bui 
place,  with  Bis  acres  Lying  on  the  bill  adJoyi 
to  it,  to  injoy  to  him  bis  he  jigns  forever. 


Their  w:i-  Granted  to  Thomas  Howlett,  Thirty 
3  of  vpland  and  Ten  ofmeaddow  at  the 
Chebacco  Creeke,  the  meaddow    lyinge   on    both 

a  the  creeke,  and  the  upland  on  the  wi 
of   the   meaddow.     Likewise    ten    acres    ol   land 
lyinge  on  the  North  side   of  the    towne    towi 
the  Reedy  marsh,  haueing  John    Gage    his    land 

towards  the     north:    <£     Thomas     Scotts     towards 

the  south.  Likewise  six  acres  of  land  tying  on 
the  Towne  Uiuer  haueing  Photm  -  I 
northeast  and  .John  Gages  on  ye  south  west. 
Likewise  six  acres,  part  meadow  part  upl 
hauing  a  lott  of  Edmd  rardiners  on  the  South 
west.  Likewise  a  houselott  in  the  town.,  ad- 
joyneidg  to  fbornas  Hardye9  vppon  wch  he  hath 
built  an  bouse,  To  Injoy  the  premises  to  bim  his 
beires  or  A.ssigne9,   &c. 

Their  was  Granted  to  inr.  fibster  the  west 
of  a  necke  d<  hue  I  lyinge  north  east  of  the  Towne, 
containing  thirty  acres  of  vpland  with  ten  of 
meaddow,  the  one  halfe  lying  on  the  north  - 
the  other  on  the  south  Bide  of  the  vpland.  Like- 
w  se  a  houselott  in  the  towne  adjoyneing  to  thom- 
a>  Hardyes,  upon  wch  he  hath  beall  an  bouse,  to 
injoy  the  premises  t<>  bim  beires  or  Assignes, 

I "  1 1 *  ■  1 1  wan  i . :  anted  to  mr.  Rb9ter  t  be  w  i  - 
of  a  necke  ol  land  lyinge  north  east  of  the  Towne 
containeing  Thirty  acres  of  vpl&nd.  with  ten  of 
meaddow,  the  one  half  lying  on  the  north  si.le. 
the  other  on  the  south  Bide  the  vpland  Likewise 
a  houselott  in  the  towne  lyinge  on  the  west  si,|,. 
of  George  Varnhams :  to  Jnjoy  to  him  and  his 
for  Ever. 

A [nill  the  l.'Hh,   1 l>87.      1 
John  Uopear  of  New  Buck  nam, 

\  :     23     m 

with  two  children  Allen:   and  Elizabeth:  are    de- 
sirous to  goe  to  Ne*  I  nc  Ian  I. 


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From  the  Concord  Freeman,   Oct.  24,  1884. 
EMERSON    COGSWELL. 

BY    MRS.    HARRIET    H.    ROBINSON,    MALDEN. 

The  writer  of  this  sketch,  who  is  something  of 
an  antiquary,  has  been  spending  a  part  of  a  sum- 
mer vacation  in  examining  old  deeds  in  the  Mid- 
dlesex Registry  at  Cambridge.  Among  others 
of  interest  were  found  those  relating  to  the  estate 
of  Emerson  Cogswell,  a  native  of  Ipswich,  and  a 
resident  of  Concord.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Social  Circle  in  Concord,  a  Minute  Man 
on  the  memorable  19th  of  April,  and  a  Sergeant 
under  Capt.  John  Buttrick  on  that  eventful  day. 
He  was  Second  Lieutanant  under  Capt.  George 
Minot  in  177G,  and  served  with  his  Company  in 
Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island. 

Mr.  Shattuck  in  his  History,  gives  some  record 
of  Mr.  Cogswell's  military  life,  and  in  the  Paper 
written  by  his  grandson,  the  late  William  S.  Rob- 
inson, (  Warrington,)  is  contained  a  sketch  of  his 
social  and  family  history.  (See  Centennial  of  the 
Social  Circle,  in  Concord,  pp.  99-10G.) 

As  a  land  holder  his  history  has  not  yet  been 
written,  and  is  perhaps  of  no  great  value  except 
to  show  how  boundaries  of  land  once  stood,  and 
how  changeable  are  the  fortunes  of  the  persons 
who  once  owned  the  estates.  In  order  to  varv 
the  natural  dullness  of  old  records,  the  writer 
will  make  a  running  comment  concerning  Mr. 
Cogswell's  history.  His  ancestry  shows  that  he 
was  fitted  to  become  a  land  owner  in  Concord 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Social  Circle  and  an 
officer  at  the  battle  of  the  19th  of  April.  To  state 
his  ancestry  in  brief  it  may  be  said  that  he  was  a 
direct  descendant  in  the  fourth  generation  of 
John  Cogswell,  Thomas  Emerson  and  Dep.  Gov. 
Symonds,  all  early  settlers  of  Ipswich. 

His  grandmother  was  Martha  Emerson,  cousin 
of  Edward  Emerson  who  was  an  ancestor  ot 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson.  Emerson  Cogswell  left 
Ipswich  and  was  in  Boston  in  1771.  The  first 
purchase  of  land  in  Concord   made   by    him   was 


Dec.  19,  1771,  of  l«aac  Merriam  of  Concord,  "by 
Emerson  Cogswell,  jr.,  of  Boston,  in  the  county 
of  Suffolk,  hatter,  a  hatter's  shop  and  land  where- 
on it  stands,  bounded  as  follows:  by  the  county 
road,  by  land  of  Joshua  Bond  and  Abijah  Bond." 
Mr.  Cogswell  moved  to  Concord  shortly  after 
the  above  date,  and  Sept.  28,  1776,  he  bought  of 
Jacob  Walker  of  Concord,  "A  lot  of  land  lying 
near  the  meeting  house  in  Concord,  containing 
about  three-quarters  of  an  acre,  bounded  by  the 
county  road,  land  of  Jona.  Fisk.  Samuel  Swan 
and  common  land,  with  all  the  appurtenances  and 
buildings  on  or  belonging  to  said  land." 

In  1781,  "Emerson  Cogswell,  gentleman,  bo't 
of  Samuel  Bartlett  a  piece  of  upland  near  the 
meeting  house,  running  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
garden  and  near  the  meadow  on  the  side  of  the 
mill  pond  at  high  water."  In  the  same  deed  is 
recorded  another  pui chase  of  land  of  Samuel 
Bartlett  that  "he  bought  of  Samuel  Swan." 

In  1795  the  same  bought  of  John  Brooks  "a 
certain  piece  of  land  lying  near  the  meeting  house 
in  said  Concord,  bounded  by  his,  Cogswell's, 
land  and  dwelling  house,  land  of  the  town  and 
land  of  Joseph  Hoar."  There  is  an  agreement  on 
record  between  John  Brooks  and  Mr.  Cogswell, 
that  there  shall  be  a  passage  way  of  14  feet  near 
the  dwelling  house  of  Emerson  Cogswell  and  said 
John,  "so  that  their  servants  and  families  may 
pass  and  repass  freely  forever."  This  way  was 
bounded  by  land  of  Mr.  Cogswell,  land  of  John 
Brooks,  land  of  the  town  of  Concord  and  land  of 
Joseph  Hoar. 

In  1799,  Mr.  Cogswell  bought  of  Reuben  Brown 
"a  certain  tract  of  land  with  all  the  buildings 
thereon  standing,  situated  near  the  meeting 
house  in  said  Concord,  bounded  by  the  county 
road  leading  by  said  meeting  house,  the  common 
being  the  town  of  Concord's  land,"  to  mill  brook. 
In  1799,  Mr.  Cogswell  bought  of  Asa  Brooks, 
Reuben  Hunt,  Stephen  Jones  and  William  Mercer 
a  piece  of  land  "lying  in  the  middle  of  said    town 


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■  l         ord,  win  icon  borsc  stables'did  stand, 
rly  by  said  meeting  bouse." 

Mr.  Cogswell  also  owned  estates  in  Weston 
Id  other  places.  About  this  time,  (1799,)  he 
fccame  bondsman  for  one  Joseph  Brown  of  C  on- 
ortl.  who  ran  away  to  Wellsburg,  Va.  Mr.  Cogs- 
fell  was  obliged  to  meel  the  demands.  Among 
he  debts  of  Brown  was  one  to  VVheeler  &  Brooks 
ur  825  1,80.  "They  recovered  judgmi  nt  of  Emer- 
dii  i  Jogswell,  gent,  on  account  of  bis  bond,"  and 
t  was  ordered  that  "if  for  want  of  goods  and 
:  \  the  ?ame  af  iresaid,  w e  com- 
aand  you  to  take  the  body  <>!'  the  said  Emerson 
ftg9well  and  commit  him  to  the  common  goal, 
■til  he  pays  the  full  sum  above  mentioned,  with 
1  be  officers  accordingly  seized  a  part 
■his  <  ed  as  follow  s :    "  An    undivi- 

led  tract  of  land  containing  in  the  whole  32  acres 
nd  31  rods,  bounded  by  land  of  Humphrey  Bar- 
It,  Ball'sjswamp,  land  of  heirs  of  Widow  Ket- 
i\\  and  Dr.  Abel  Prescott,  of  Peter  Wheeler  and 
)ca.  .John  White;  the  trad  of  land  owned  in 
oinii.'iii  by  Emerson  Cogswell,  Reuben  Brown 
nd  Jesse  Brown."    By  one  of  those  strange 

en  in  similar  cases  of  sales  made 
Her  the  law,  Mr.  Cogswell's  part  was  Bold  for 
E  1.80,  just  enough  to  pay  the  debt,  "and  in  lull 
Ksfaclion  of  this  execution  and  all  lees.  Joseph 
Osmer,  Sheriff." 
Aii'-r  this  as  bis  grandson  relates,  Mr  Cog 

II  the  remainder  of  bis  estates  to 
eet  wiiai  was  to  his  honesl  mind  a  just  debt, 
he  homestead  and  bouse  which  he  had  built,  (the 
d  block  now  owned  by  Geo.  Hey  wood,  Esq.,) 
e  elm  tree  that  he  had  planted,  perhaps  t<>  bound 
I  "passage  way,"  that  was  to  remain  open  for- 
tr  ;  and  even  the  doorstone  at  which  be  and  his 
■cendante  bad  so  often  Bat  in  the  cool  of  the 
iv,  all  went,  and  as  a  land-owner  be  was  known 
i  more.  The  Bale  of  bis  homestead  is  dated  Mar. 
799 :  "  Emerson  <  i  gswell  of  Concord,  gent, 
Id  to  John  Safford  of  Hamilton,  two  certain 
bts  and  pieces  of    land  and    all   the   buildings 


thereon  standing,  situate  near  the  meeting  h< 
in  -aid  Concord,  bounded  northerly  by  the  county 
road  leading  hy  said  meeting  bouse;  no.  westerly 
by  land  belonging  to  town  or  county  til: 
within  1  lit  of  John  Richardson's  store,  then  run- 
ning southerly  about  :"»f  to  land  of  Joseph  Hoars, 
then  jaid  countj  road  "  Also  another 

piece  of  land,  "near  the  meeting  house  and  the 
mill  pond  bounded  i>\  Morse's  shop,  southerly 
corner  of  said  meeting  housi 
Joseph  Hoar's  land,  tlun  to  Richardson's  lane  to 
the  Nound  above  mentioned."  The  money  ree'd 
was  $1440.  Signed  by  Emerson  Cogswell  and 
Elizabeth  Cogswell. 

'1  bus  the  last  of  his  property,  some  of  which  he 
had    inherited.    BOme    of    which  he    had  bom 
earned,  passed  into  alien  hands. 

Alter  Mr.  Cogswell's  reverses,  h.  kept  a  tavern 
in  Concord,  and  finally  removed  to  the  east  quar- 
ter of  the  town,  where  he  died  May  13,  1 
"Warrington,"  in  the  biography  of  his  grand- 
father, published  in  the  "( !entennial  of  the  Social 
<  'irele  in  <  loncord,"  states  that  "he  kept  a  tavern 
in  the  building  which,  when  1  first  knew  it.  was 
occupied  by  Deacon  Jarvis,  the  old  hake  nous 
now  called  fthe  Wrighl  tavern.  In  a  note  on 
pp.  58-9  in  the  publication  above  mentioned,  the 
avelj  considered  whether  men  like 
Emerson  I  "would  have  been  Buch  an  ad- 

dition to  a  town  containing  as  Concord  did, 
many  much  more  eminent  men,  as  to  had  to  the 
formation  of  such  an  organization.  The  first 
year  of  the  war."  the  writer  continues,  "brought 
llai  vard  <  College  bodily  to  <  Joncord,  president, 
professors  and  students,  and  it  may  be  wondered 
that  the  committee,   [who    i  the    !■«., 

did  not  take  this  fact  for  tl i  igin  of  thi   I 

principal  objection  to   Mr.   I    •-...       • ,,j_ 

ing  to  this  writer  seems  to  be  that  be    was  s  tav- 
ern  keeper.       The  alu,\e  i,  v.. id-  ...    that   lie 

Dken  of  as  a  tavern    ki  ep< 
"hatter  or  gentleman."  And  yet  one  fails   to 


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any  good  reason  why  a  hatter  or  tavern  keeper 
would  not  be  as  likely  to  be  one  of  the  founders 
of  a  local  club  or  social  circle,  as  a  Harvard  stu- 
dent or  professor. 

Emerson  Cogswell  lies  buried  in  the  Hill  bury- 
ing ground,  near  the  old  powder  house.  Two  of 
his  wives  and  several  of  his  children  areburied 
near.  His  third  wife  outlived  him  and  married 
also  the  third  time,  Dea.  Amos  Hay  ward  of  Win- 
chendon.  Two  of  Mr.  Cogswell's  daughters  are 
living.  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann  Sweetser  and  Mrs.  Eunice 
Whitney,  both  of  Winchendon. 

In  closing  this  brief  sketch  it  may]be  said,  that 
of  all  his  large  family  and  of  his  numerous  de- 
scendants, not  one  bears  the  name  of  Cogswell. 
They  are  scattered  to  all  parts  of  the  civilized 
world.  Some  of  them  are  known  to  fame,  others 
live  in  happy  obscurity.  A  few  have  been  so 
prospered  as  to  be  able  to  buy,  if  they  wished,  a 
fair  portion  of  their  ancestor's  old  time  estate. 


Revolutionary   Papers.    II. 


Augst  ye  11,  1779.  We  the  Subscribers  Sev- 
eraly  Inlist  ourselves  to  Sarve  for  the  Town  of 
Ipswich,  as  Gardes  In  the  Town  of  Boston  untill 
the  first  day  of  October  next : 

Daniel  Foster,  Mikel  hollond,  Jonathan  Ells- 
worth, Daniel  Howe. 

Aug.  17,  1 779.  Rec'd  of  Capt.  Ephraini  Ken- 
dall, one  of  the  town  s  Committee,  &c.  £21,  for 
Inlisting  to  go  to  Boston.  (Signed,)  Caleb  Fos- 
ter, Juner,  Allen  Perley. 

Sept.  27,  1779.  The  following  enlisted  to 
"Dow  Duty  as  Gards  in  about  Boston,"  till  Nov- 
ember : — Bemsly  Firkins,  Junr,  Robert  Wallis, 
Juner,  Elisha  Gould,  Ephraim  Brown,  Junr,  Jno. 
Anable. 

Boxford,  Sept.  28,  1779.  We  the  subscribers 
Inlisted  to  do  duty  of  soldiers  for  town  of  Ips- 
wich : — William   Perley,    Jesse   Perley,    Moody 


Perley,  Israel  Ilerrick,  Abner   Wood. 


Ipswich,    Oct.    14th,    1779. 
term  of  three  months  : 


Enlisted    for  th! 


Charles   Lord 
Caleb  Kimball 
Benjamin  Lord,   Jn 
James  Pickard,  Ju 
Moses  Foster 
John  How 
Solomon  Choate 
James  Smith 
James  Heard 
Jonathan  Lakeman 
John  Sweet 
John  Day 
Robert  Stalker 
Ebenezer  Kimball 
>  amuel  Wallis 
Nathll  Grant 


Nathaniel  Heard 
John  Harris,  od 
Aaron  Craft 
Jonathan  Low 
John  Story,  Jnr 
David  Choate,  Junr 
Thomas  Burnhain  the  6 
John  Whipple  the  5 
Timothy  Ross 
Abner  Poland 
Jonathan  Whipple 
Nathaniel  Dane 
Isaac  Woodbury,  Junr 
Joseph  Tilton 
Robeit  Ann  able 


Oct.  17,  1779.  Caleb  Foster,  jr.,  and  Alter 
Perley,  re-enlisted  as  '•  Gardes  to  boston." 

A  slip  of  paper  without  date:  "Richard  Ring< 
5ft  8  in.  25  years  old,  complection  dark.  Thomai 
Cutter,  5  ft.  11  in.  30  }rs  old,  Light  complec 
tion." 


1650,  June  21.  Whereas  Mr.  Wm.  Bartholmew 
of  Ipswich,  and  Mr.  Henry  Eartholmew  of  Salen 
have  tendred  themselves  to  suply  ffifty  shilling! 
apeece  in  money  towards  the  chardge  of  our  com 
issioners  of  the  collonjes,  itt  is  ordered  by  this 
Courte,  that  Mr.  Wm  and  Henry  Bartholmev 
shallbe  pajd  the  same  out  of  the  next  country 
rate  in  each  towne  of  the  best  of  the  pay,  wtl 
allowance  of  sixepence  vpon  euery  five  shilling! 
for  forbearance  and  other  inconveniencjes,  vnless< 
it  be  pajd  in  money  in  Nouember  next. 

ANTIQUARIAN     PAPERS 

Ipswich,  Mass. 

Twelve  numbers  Twenty- five  cents. 

Augustine  Caldwell,  Arthur  W.  Dowe. 


Antiquarian  jtars. 


VOL.   IV 


[PSWICH,   M  ^.Sis  .   APRIL,    L88  i. 


NO.   I.I  1 1 


)ea.  William  Goodhue,  Chebacco,  1712 
Copied  by   May  A.   Goodhue.} 

In  the  Name  of  God,   Amen.     The    third    day 

f  October,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
welve.  I  William  Goodhue,  Senr,  of  Chebacco  in 
pswich,  in  ye  County  of  Essex,  within  ye  Prov- 
ace  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  Newengland, 
eoman,  being  of  perfect  mind  and  memmory, 
hanks  he  given  to  God,  therefore  calling  unto 
lind  ye  mortallyty  of  my  body,  do  make  and 
■nine  this  my  last  will  and  testamen.  That  is 
list  of  all  1  give  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God 
hat  <_ra\e  it  &  my  body  I  recommend  to  the 
arth  to  a  decent  Christian  burial  nothing    doubt- 

■  but  to  receive  ye  same  again  at  ye  generall 
essnrrection  by  the  mighty  power  of  God. 

And  as  touching  such  worldly  estate  God  has 
leased  to  bless  me  withal  I  give,  demise  and 
■pose  of  the  same  in  ye  following  manner  and 
)rmc 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Hanah, 
ly  dearlv  beloved  wife,  the  improvement   of  thai 

■  of  my  dwelling  bouse  next  my  old  orchard, 
Oth  garrits.  chambers,  lower  rooms  and  cellers. 
■th  the  old  garden  before  ye  doore,  ye  use  of 
iy  well  for  water,  and  one  third  part  of  ye  ben- 
ifitt  or  yearly  profit!  of  my  old  orchard,  with 
•ee  egres  and  regress  unto  said  premises,  one 
ood  cow.  ad  sow  shall  annually  lor  her  be  well 
IStured  and  well  kept  with  winter  meat,  and  ye 
m  oi  one  horse  Buteable  for  her  to  ride  on  as 
le  may  have  occasion,  allso  I  give  her  the  sum 
Ithirteen  pounds  money  per  year,  to  be  paid 
;r  quarterly,  if  she  so  cause,  each  and  every 
2ar.  &  allso  my  Mallatto  servant  to  be  at  her 
nose,  all  which  Ih'I'mic  mentioned  particulars 
.all  lie  and  remaine  unto  my  wife   as   at'oi, 


dureing  ye  time  \t  >;,,.  remains  my  widdow, 
furthermore  I  do  give  my  sd  wife  dureing  the 
terme  of  her  life,  ye  use  of  all  my  household  goods 

and  at  her decea-e  my  household  goods  shall  be 
equally  divided  amongsl  my  three  daughters,  via. 
Hanah  Cogswell,  Marjerry  Giddings  »v  Betbiah 
Marshall. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son  Nathaniel  Goodhue 
all  yt  tennement  of  lands  I  formerly  bought, 
known  by  the  name  of  Haffleld's  farme,  with 
housings  and  orchard  whereat  ye  said  Nathaniel 
now  liveth,  together  with  eight  acres  of  marsh  at 
Dilly  out  of  my  salt  marsh  there.  Hounded  on 
land  of  Benjamin  Marshall  and  land  of  Thomas 
Chote,  with  one  thatch  lot  lying  down  Mr.  Epp&es 
River,  and  our  new  wood  lot.  allso  I  give  to  s'd 
Nathaniel  one  third  part  of  all  my  quick  stock, 
and  one  third  part  of  my  Utensels  tor  husbandry, 
or  other  tooles,  onely.  I  do  hereby  order  and 
oblige  my  said  son  Nathaniel  Goodhue  to  paj 
unto  his  aforenamed  mother  ye  sum  of  five  pound 
monej  per  yeare  annually,  so  long  as  she  re- 
mains my  widdow.  Which  is  part  of  the  thirteen 
pounds  per  yeare  given  to  her  as  aforesaid. 

Item.  I  give  unto  mj  son  Joseph  Goodhue, 
ye  bouse,  orchard  ami  barn  with  two  acres  of 
land  ajoynlng  to  ye  house  he  now  dwells  in.  With 
ye  full  halfe  of  all  my  other  landes  and  maish  tor 
quantytie  &  quallity  excepting  two  acres  of  land 
aboute  my  dwelling  house  and  old  orchard,  and 
allso  half  mj  common  rights  not  disposed  off  be- 
fore, and  one  thirl  part  of  my  ouick  slock,  and 
one  thud  of  all  utensels  of  husbandry  or  other 
tools,  onlj    I   do  hereby  oblige  1 1 u 1 1  to  |,:i,      \r  S|Un 

of  five  pounds  per  yeare  unto  his  mothei    In    i 
of  ye  thirteen  pounds  pei  year  I  gave  bei    during 
my  widdow. 

Item.     I  give  unto  mv  son  John  Goodhue,    ye 


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dwelling  house  I  uow  live  in,  with  all  houseing  there- 
aboute,  &  ye  old  orchard  with  two  acres  of  land 
ajoyning  to  ye  homestead  and  halfe  of  all  the  rest  of 
my  marzh  and  lands  to  be  equally  divided  between 
Joseph  and  him  for  quantity  and  quallity,  With 
halfe  my  common  rights,  oue  third  of  my  quick 
stock,  one  third  of  my  utensels  of  husbandry  or  other 
tools.  I  allso  do  hereby  order  sd  John  to  pay  to  his 
aforesaid  mother  the  sum  of  three  pounds  money  per 
year  annually,  which  is  also  part  of  the  thirteen 
pounds  per  year  given  her  during  my  widdow,  also  I 
order  yt  ye  aforesaid  John  do  keep  the  cow  and 
horse  as  above  expressed  for  his  said  mother. 

I  do  hereby  order,  ordaine,  constitute  and  appoint 
my  aforesaid  sones,  Nathaniel,  Joseph  &  John  Good- 
hue to  be  executors  to  this  my  last  will  and  testament 
and  do  order  them  to  pay  unto  my  aforesaid  three 
daughters,  Hanah,  Marjery  and  Bethiah,  so  much 
money  as  to  make  each  of  their  portions  (with  what 
they  have  already  had  out  of  their  granfather  Good- 
hues'estate  and  mine,  as  shall  appeare  by  an  account) 
the  sum  of  seventie  pounds  a  piece. 

I  allso  do  give  unto  my  grandson  Francis  Dodge 
the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  money  to  be  paid  him  by 
my  executors,  allso  if  none  of  my  sou  Goodhue's  do 
put  any  of  their  sons  to  learning  in  order  to  bring 
them  up  to  the  Colledge,  and  my  said  grandson 
Francis  Dodge  should  be  brought  up  to  the  Colledge 
then  I  do  give  unto  said  Francis  Dodge  the  library  of 
books  yt  was  my  son  Francis  Goodhues,  but  if  any 
of  my  grandson  Goodhues  be  brought  up  to  ye  Col- 
ledge that  grandson  shall  have  said  library  of  books. 

Allso  I  order  yt  my  executors  before  named  do 
pay  all  my  just  debts  and  funerall  expenses.  And 
my  just  debts,  funerall  expences,  ye  legacies  to  my 
aforesaid  daughter  &  to  my  grandson  Francis  Dodtre, 
shall  be  paid  by  my  aforesaid  executors  equally  in 
proportion  amongst- them.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly 
disallow,  revoake  and  disanull  all  and  every  other 
former  testaments,  wills,  legacies  aud  bequests  & 
executors  by  me  in  any  wayes  before  named,  willed 
and  bequeathed.     Ratifying  and  confirming  this  and 


no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto    set   my    hand; 
and  sealeye  day  and  yeare  before  written. 

William  Goodhue. 

Signed,  sealed,  published,  pronounced    &    declared 
by  the  said    William    Goodhue    as   his   last  will  and 
testament  in  the  presence   of  us   the    subscribers  :- 
Ammi  Ruh.  Wise,  Samuel  Stevens,  VVm.  Giddings. 

Will  proved  November  17,  1712. 


IdW  The  Antiquarian  has  led  and  will  lead  a 
very  straggling  and  uncertain  existence.  The 
reason  is:  Mr.  Dow  is  pursuing  his  Art  studies 
in  Paris;  and  Mr.  Caldwell  will  devote  the 
Summer  to  historical  search  among  Ipswich 
Records  for  the  purpose  of  publishing  in  more 
substantial  and  permanent  form. 

Mr.  Caldwell  will  be  glad  of  copies  of  Records 
of  Ipswich  Families  written  in  old  Bibles  or  else- 
where. They  will  aid  in  the  make-up  of  the 
Genealogical  history  of  the  town.  Post-office 
address,  —Ipswich.  Mass. 


DR.    JONES,     BEVERLY 

Dr.  Benjamin  Jones  of  Beverly,  a  noted  physi- 
cian of  the  last  century,  was  born  of  Ipswich 
parents.  His  father  was  Nathaniel  Jones;  and 
his  brother  William,  felt-maker,  built  the  house 
in  Ipswich,  in  1728,  which  is  yet  standing,  next 
south  of  the  residence  of  Wesley  K.  Bell,  Esq. 
and  nearly  opposite  the  Town  Hall.  The  follow- 
ing records  were  made  by  Dr.  Jones  and  others, 
and  have  reference  to  his  descendants  and  peo- 
ple connected  with  him  by  marriage. 

Benjamin  Jones,  son  of  Nathaniel  Jones  of 
Ipswich,  was  born  December  4th,  1716,  and  my 
dear  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  En- 
dicott  of  Danvers,  was  born  December  13th, 
anno  1720,  old  stile. 

June  23d,  1794.     My  beloved  Consort,  Benja. 


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Join's,  Esq  ,  Departed  this  life  aboul  9  .•'dock  in 
the  evening,  A'.  7s.     Blessed  be  God   we    mourn 

not  as  those  who  have  ii<»  bope. 

Mrs.  Sarab  Jones  relict  of  the  late  Benjamin 
Bones,  Esquire,  departed  this  life,  February  28, 
1798,  aged  70.  respected  and  loved  by  all  her 
acquaintance  while  living  and  deeply  lamented  in 

death. 

The  names  and  Births  of  the   children  ol    Ben- 

jamin  ami  Mary  Jones  : 

Benjamin  horn  October  5,   17-'i'.» 
Mary  born   February  8,   1741-2 
Nathaniel  horn  February  8,   1743  I 
Lydia  born  June  28th,    1746 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Ginger  Jones : 
Hannah  born  .June   17,    1 750 
William  born  December  7th,   1752 
John  horn  September  10th   17."..". 

B£y  son  William  departed  this  life,  January  11, 
1761,  about  •">  o'clock  afternoon,  aged  nine  years, 
one  month  and  four  days. 

My  daughter  Mary  was  married  to  Billy  Porter 
Nov.  17<!2.  Delivered  of  a  son  September  20, 
1763,  and  departed  this  life  Octobr  15,  1763, 
about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning,  aged  twenty- 
one  years,  eight  months  and  some  hours. 

My  son  Benjamin  departed  this  life  .January  4, 
177'.,  between  one  and  two  o'clock  afternoon  in 
the  thirty-seventh  year  of  his  age. 

My  llon'd  father-in-law,  ('apt.  Samuel  l-'.udi- 
cott  departed  this  life  May  7th.  1766  in  the  79th 
year  ol 

My  -on  Nathaniel  departed  this  life  Sept'r  4th, 
177:»,  in  the  thirty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

My  llon'd  mother-in-law,  Mrs     Lydia    Brown, 
ieparted  this  life  September  9th,  177'.',  it  i 
in  the  ninetiel  h  year  of  her  age. 

My     hiother-in   law.     Mi.     John      EndiCOtt,    de 

parted  this  life  May  1".  17-:;.  between  the  hours 
>f  nine  and  ten  o'clock  at  night,  aged  69  years  m 
Ipril  last . 


M\  Sister-in-law,  Margaret  I  irk  departed  this 
life,  March  7th,   1  7  7*'.. 

My   daughter    Hannah,   wife    of    Mi      Henry 
Herrick,  departed  this  life  September  27th,  17 
about  half  after  7  of  the   clock    in    the    morn 
aged  36  years 

M\  son  John  we  have  reason  to  fear  and  be- 
lieve was  lost  in  a  cartel  from  Halifax  I;  -ton. 
having  been  taken  by  the  British  in  the  armed 
ship  Starks  in  1781,  and  -ailed  in  a  Cartel  from 
Halifax  in  Dec'r,  1781,  for  Boston  and  never  has 
been  heard  of. 

March  2,  1747-8,  about  ten    o'clock  at    night, 
my  dear  wife  departed  this  life  in    the    tlnrty-Iir-t 
year  of  her  age.     I  <>e.  13th,    1756,   about    tfa 
quarters  (Jan  hour  after  iJ  o'clock  in  the  even 
my   dear  wife   Gingei    departed    this  life  in  the 
thirtieth  \  car  of  her  age. 

The  hirths  ofye  Children  of  Josiah  and  Lydia 
Woodberry  : 

Josiah  Woodberry,  Jun'r  was  horn  Feb.  15,  1708 
Lidia  Woodhen  \  was  born  Septembor  25,  1713 
Mary  Woodberry  was  born  March  3d,  1716  7 
Martha  Wood bern  was  born   May  5th,  1721 
Sarah  Woodberry  was  born  March  15th,  1730 

Billy  Porter,  Esq.,  died  Nov  20,  1813,  age  71. 

Mrs.  Mary  Jones,  widow  ol  Benj.  Jones, 
died  dan.  1.  l  77*..  |  died  Feb.   15,  l 

Benjamin  J.  Porter  son  of  Billj    Porter,    Esq., 
died    August    18,    [847,    at    Camden,    Maine,  to 
which  place  be  removed    from    Topsbam    in 
Mate,    where   he    had    lived  many  years,  filling  a 

large  place  in  the  mercantile  ami    politi  tal     WO 

aged  84  years,  11  months  ami  two  days. 

Mary  Herrick,  widow  of  Joshua    Herri<  - 
of  Beverly  and  daughter   of  tin   Jones   of 

said  li  \ci  l\ .  dep  .-t  9th,  1 

at  t  wo  and  halt  o'clock.   A  .    M  .   a  :■    '  and 

about  ten  months,  she  lived  beloved  bj  all  and 
died  lamented  in  full  hope  ol  a  glorious  immor- 
tallitj 


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ZABULON    ROBINSON. 

BT    MRS.    HARRIET    H.    ROBINSON,    MALDEN. 

The  following  letter,  now  in  my  possession, 
was  written  to  Jeremiah  Robinson  of  Concord, 
Mass.,  grandfather  of  William  S.  Robinson.  It 
contains  several  items  of  family  history,  which 
may  be  of  interest  to  those  who  read  the  Geneal- 
ogy published  in  the  Antiquarian,  May,  1884. 
If  this  should  meet  the  eye  of  any  of  the  descend- 
ants of  Zabulon,  Jonathan  or  Daniel  Robinson, 
or  of  "  Aunt  Williams"  of  Hampton  Falls,  I  shall 
be  under  great  obligation  if  they  will  communi- 
cate with  me  by  letter. 

Harriet  H.  Robinson,  Maiden,  Mass. 

To  Mr.  Jeremy  Robinson,  att   Concord,    Massa- 
chusetts State,  Per  favour  of  Dr.  Adams. 

Dear  Sir:  it  has  been  a  Long  Time  Since  I 
saw  you.  Many  a  day  and  Date  has  Past.  I 
hant  seen  your  face  since  the  year  1766,  if  I  re- 
member Right,  a  long  time.  Indeed  it  seems  to 
be  somewhat  Unnatural.  I  received  a  Letter 
from  you  last  October,  Dated  Septr  26.  You 
wrote  that  yon  and  your  family  was  well,  and 
Likewise  the  rest  of  our  brethren  &  Sisters.  I 
was  Very  Glad  to  hear  from  you  and  your  family 
with  the  rest  of  our  Kindred,  for  I  seldom  Ever 
Heard  from  any  of  you,  Living  at  some  Distance 
from  our  main  Post  road.  You  Likewise  Give 
me  Account  in  your  Letter  of  the  death  of  our 
sister  Cogswell,  [Eunice  Robinson  Cogswell.] 
her  Dieing  Very  suddenly,  Therefore  i  think  such 
near  &  other  Daily  Instances  of  mortality  ought 
to  mind  us  of  our  change. 

1  think  that  our  near  Kindred  on  the  father's 
side,  [Dr.  Jeremiah  Robinson,]  are  most  all  de- 
ceased, but  two  left,  Uncle  Jonathan  in  the  Town 
i  live  in  &  uncle  Daniel  of  Exeter.  On  the 
mother's  side,  but  one  alive,  [his  mother's  name 
is  unknown,]  aunt  Williams  of  Hampton  falls. 

You  hant  mentioned  anything  Concerning  our 
honored  mother-in-law,  [Eunice   Amsden   Robin- 


sou.]     whats    become   of  her?     I  shud  be    very 
Glad  to  hear  from  her  and  her  welfare  if  alive. 

Your  sister  has  Had  Seven  Children,  all  alive, 
I  suppose,  all  at  Home  but  one,  furthermore  ile 
thank  you  if  you  can  send  me  an  account  of  my 
fathers  death,  Day  and  date  and  Age. 

times  is  Very  poor  in  our  Parts,  business  Ex- 
ceeding dull.  Money  Very  Scarce.  None  for 
Tradesmen. 

Be  kind  Enough  to  Give  a  Little  Intelligence 
of  Master  McClearys  Faimily. 

Zabulon  Robinson. 

Pembroke,  February  the  16  Day,  1787. 

On  the  margin  is  written  in  another  hand, 
"Oct.  19,  1771,  My  father  decest  "  "  1795, 
July  20   John  was  drowned  in  the  North  river." 


Major  John  Whipple,  Esq.,  departed  this  life 
ye  12th  day  of  June,  1722,  he  went  to  bedd  well 
at  Night,  and  was  found  dead  in  the  Morning. 


John  Edwards,  Drum  major,    dyed  April    6th, 
1723,  in  ye  64  year  of  his  age. 


Amos  Morris  was  drowned   comieng  over  the 
Earr,  May  10th,  1723. 


1691-2.  Thomas  ffossev  rang  the  bell,  and 
was  allowed  to  build  a  little  house  by  the  prison, 
to  live  in  with  his  wife,  near  Mr.  Wilson's  barn, 
formerly  so  called. 


1691.  John  Caldwell,  sen'r  appointed  Searcher 
&  Sealer  &  viewer  of  Leather,  he  refusing  yt  of- 
fice as  not  being  capable  threw  business  &  other 
wise. 


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